| Man
Pled to Running 68 Guns to NYC from
Georgia Got 57 Months Now Time Served Bid
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
Book SDNY COURTHOUSE,
May 8 - In the U.S. District
Court for the Southern
District of New York on May
25, 2022 a detention or
release proceeding was held by
Magistrate Judge Robert W.
Lehrburger on a man arrested
and charged with trafficking
68 guns from Georgia to New
York. Judge
Lehrburger ordered the
defendant released on $150,000
bond. The order of release is
on Patreon here.
Assistant US Attorney Matthew
J. King said his Office may or
may not seek to appeal.
Ronald Rogers was arrested and
his iCloud searched. It
contained photos of guns that
the prosecutors said were up
for sale. His wife Anauncia
Rogers, who the AUSA said has
made domestic violence
allegations in Georgia, was
listed as the purchaser of 47
of the guns. The prosecutors
consented to her release in
Georgia. Judge
Lehrburger, after a break,
agreed. He characterized the
domestic violence as mutual.
He surmised that Rogers sold
guns to support his three
children, and said that while
on release he can continue
working for Door Dash while
hoping a more stationary job
comes through. Rogers has
previously worked for FedEx
and for Carter's, a children's
clothing business. He and his
wife - and mother - live in
Griffin, Georgia. Travel
will be restricted to the
Northern and Middle Districts
of Georgia, and SDNY for
purposes of court appearances.
He may stay with one of his
two sisters in New York, who
it was said work as a nurse
and for a metropolitan credit
union, respectively. In the
courtroom gallery, where Inner
City Press was the only media,
were two of the defendant's
relatives, including an uncle
who crossed himself when Judge
Lehrburger ordered release. Jump cut to June
30, when Ronald Rogers and
Anauncia Rogers were to appear
together to be arraigned
before District Judge Jesse M.
Furman, in the courthouse he
is using to preside over the
Joshua Schulte alleged CIA
leaks trial. Inner City Press
covered it. Ronald
Rogers appeared with a Federal
Defender and pleaded not
guilty. But Anaucia Rogers'
Marshals-paid flight from
Atlanta was late. Judge Furman
said she might have to
arraigned in the Magistrates
court. Inner City Press
went there, covered another
case - but they had not heard
that Anaucia Rogers would be
coming. Ultimately she was
arraigned before Judge Furman
and pleaded not guilty. Both
were to appear on November. The trial date
was set: "Pretrial Conference
as to Ronald Rogers and
Anauncia Rogers held on
11/16/2022. Defendants present
(on bail) ... Trial is
scheduled for 7/31/2023 and is
estimated to late one week.
Time is excluded in the
interests of justice from
11/16/2022 until 7/31/2023." On May 25, Judge
Furman docketed that Ronald
Rogers - but not Anauncia
Rogers? - intends to plead
guilty: "SCHEDULING ORDER as
to Ronald Rogers. The Court
has been advised that the
Defendant may want to enter a
change of plea. Accordingly,
the parties shall appear for a
conference with the Court on
June 29, 2023 at 2:30 p.m. in
Courtroom 1105 of the Thurgood
Marshall Courthouse, 40 Centre
Street, New York, New York. In
accordance with Section 7(B)
of the Court's Individual
Rules and Practices for
Criminal Cases, defense
counsel should, in advance of
the proceeding, review with
the Defendant if necessary,
with the assistance of an
interpreter any Pimentel
letter or plea agreement.
Additionally, the Defendant
should be prepared to give
narrative allocutions that
incorporate all of the
elements of the offense(s) to
which the Defendant is
pleading guilty. In the
interest of clarity and
efficiency, the Court
encourages counsel to assist
the Defendant in writing an
allocution that can be read in
open court during the plea
proceeding (Signed by Judge
Jesse M. Furman on 5/25/2023) Then on June 16
with nothing else in the
docket Judge Furman ordered
this: "SCHEDULING ORDER as to
Ronald Rogers and Anauncia
Rogers: Trial in this case is
scheduled for July 31, 2023 at
9:30 a.m. It is hereby ORDERED
that any proposed voir dire,
proposed jury instructions,
and proposed verdict forms, as
well as any motions in limine
or trial memoranda, shall be
filed by noon on July 19,
2023. Any opposition to a
motion in limine or trial
memorandum shall be filed by
5:00 p.m. on July 24, 2023...
It is further ORDERED that the
parties appear for a final
pretrial conference on July
26, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. in
Courtroom 1105 of the Thurgood
Marshall Courthouse, 40 Centre
Street, New York, New York
10007. The final pretrial
conference must be attended by
the attorney who will serve as
principal trial counsel.
(Signed by Judge Jesse M.
Furman on 6/16/2023)." On June 21,
Ronald Rogers' Federal
Defender asked to end home
detention or in the
alternative for permission
"for Mr. Rogers to celebrate
his birthday at an indoor
skydiving facility in the SDNY
on Saturday, July 24, 2023." On June 23, Judge
Furman granted the application
as unopposed: "MEMO
ENDORSEMENT as to Ronald
Rogers on [45] LETTER MOTION
requesting Modification of
Bail Conditions: Application
GRANTED as unopposed. See ECF
No. 46. The Clerk of Court is
directed to terminate ECF No.
45. SO ORDERED. (Signed by
Judge Jesse M. Furman on
6/23/2023)." On June 29,
Rogers pled guilty: "Change of
Plea Hearing as to Ronald
Rogers held on 6/29/2023.
Defendant present (on bail)
with attorney Ian Howard
Marcus Amelkin. AUSA Matthew
King present. Court reporter
present. -- Defendant sworn
in. Defendant withdraws
previously entered not guilty
plea and enters a plea of
GUILTY to Counts 1 and 2 of
the Indictment. PSR ordered.
Sentencing is scheduled for
10/12/2023 at 10:00 AM." Anauncia Rogers,
described in the case as his
wife and also as making
domestic violence charges, may
or may not plead: "ORDER
denying [49] LETTER MOTION
Seeking an Adjournment of
Pretrial Submission Deadline
as to Anauncia Rogers (2).
July 26th is the final
pretrial conference. The Court
appreciates counsel's
confidence that a change of
plea will occur on that date,
but if it does not then trial
will begin the following
Monday, July 31st. To be
prepared for the possibility
of trial, the Court needs the
pretrial materials.
Accordingly, while the Court
will grant a courtesy
extension to Friday, July
21st, the request for an
extension beyond that, let
alone until after the final
pretrial conference, is
DENIED. To the extent that
results in make-work given a
change of plea, the parties
have no one to blame but
themselves as the trial date
in this case has been set
since November 2022 - more
than eight months ago - and
there was plenty of time to
negotiate a disposition before
the eleventh hour. SO ORDERED.
(Signed by Judge Jesse M.
Furman on 7/18/23)." On July 20,
Anauncia Rogers, flown to New
York on the public dime,
appeared before Judge Furman
and pled guilty. Her
sentencing is set for December
20 at 3 pm. On September 29,
Ronald Rogers noting his new
wife and business in New York
asked for a sentence of a year
and a day. On October 6 the
SDNY prosecutors wrote in
asking for 71 months, the top
of the guideline, quoting his
messages about profiting from
revenge after shootings. When sentenced on
October 12 (docketed on
October 13), Ronald Rogers got
57 months. Jump cut to May
8, 2026 when counsel to
Anauncia Rogers wrote in
asking for time served on May
13.
This case is US
v. Rogers,
22-cr-321 (Furman) 
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