| For Robbing a Bodega Owner
on Amsterdam Ave Epps Got 5 Years
Co-D to Plead May 28
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
May 11 รข€“ For an armed robbery
of a bodega owner in his
apartment at Amsterdam and
West 91st Street, one
defendant was retained and one
released on bond in the U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York.
On March 7
both appeared before SDNY
Judge Lewis J. Liman. Inner
City Press was there, the only
media in the
courtroom. Judge Liman
gave two more weeks to provide
discovery, and set a next
conference for June 3 (a
defense lawyer said he'd be on
a family ski trip to Steamboat
Springs, Colorado on the first
proposed date, May 28). Judge Liman said
he would set a trial date at
that time. On July 14 Judge
Liman set a trial date for
co-defendant Mangual: February
9, 2026, after the lead
defendant pled guilty on May
1. Epps got five
years on August 20. In October
17, Mangual pled guilty, with
sentencing set for January 27
at 11 am. On December 23
Inner City Press was in the
Magistrates Court when a third
defendant in the case was
brought in, Jose Rivera. His
CJA lawyer consented to
detention, on his last day in
the CJA Pool. A control date
of January 22 was set. On January 15 he
white shoe CJA at Wachtell
Lipton wrote in asking for
release on bail, ascribing
prior criminal charges to,
inter alia, being hacked. On January 19 -
MLK Day - the US Attorney's
Office wrote in opposing bail,
saying he used his time on the
run to commit another armed
robbery. Jump cut to May
8, when Wachtell wrote in
saying it will not file
pre-trial motions because "the
parties currently anticipate a
pretrial disposition of this
matter." On May 11 it was
set, for May 28: "MEMO
ENDORSEMENT [71] LETTER MOTION
as to Jose Rivera
(3)....ENDORSEMENT...REQUEST
GRANTED. The Motion Hearing
scheduled for May 28, 2026 at
10:30AM in Courtroom 15C is
cancelled and instead a Change
of Plea hearing will be held
at the same date and time." The overall case is USA v. Epps, et al., 1:25-cr-83 (Liman)
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Friday, May 15, 2026
For Robbing a Bodega Owner on Amsterdam Ave Epps Got 5 Years Co-D to Plead May 28
