Arson of NYPD Car Nets 1 to 3 Year Plea Deal With $1000 Purse and Queens Concurrent

Arson of NYPD Car Nets 1 to 3 Year Plea Deal With $1000 Purse and Queens Concurrent by Matthew & Russell Lee, Patreon Substack SDNY COURTHOUSE, June 8 – A man who pled guilty to burning an NYPD patrol car got a one-to-three year plea deal in Manhattan criminal court on June 8. Inner City Press was there and live tweeted: OK - now at "disposition" hearing on Remus Nedelcu, accused of multiple arsons. He is being offered one to three years.  Justice Curtis Farber: Mr. Nedelcu, do you wish to plead guilty to the Class E felony of grand larceny, and to Arson in the 4th Degree, with promised sentences of one to three years, concurrent to your sentences in Queens County. Is this what you wish to do? Yes  Justice Farber: On or about June 10, 2023, you stole property? Defendant: A purse worth over $1000.  Counsel: Also contained multiple credit cards. Justice Farber: And the arson? On March 10, 2023 lighting a fire on a motor vehicle, and another? Defendant: Yes.   In fact, the defendant is already incarcerated on Queens charges, with a longer sentence than this plea agreement. Sentencing is set for August 3 (Justice Farber said he'll be away in July, until July 22).    After this arson plea came a series of defendants, most of them in detention ("from the back!") There was a man who said he didn't want to agree to any government drug treatment program. Justice Farber said, then we'll set a trial date, while gently chastising the defense lawyer for proposing release "onto the streets" without any housing or other plan.     There was a man in a wheelchair charged with a hate crime, who rolled forward from the courtroom gallery and rolled just as quickly out. There was a buccal swab too slowly taken, at least for Justice Farber's taste.    Meanwhile upstairs Justice Daniel Conviser hammered out his jury charge in a trial coming to a trial coming to a close in his well air-conditioned courtroom. Asked if he would send the written instruction into the jury room he said the State Legislature hadn't agreed to allow that, while he was constrained by the Appellate Division on another matter. And so it goes in 100 Centre Street. *** Your support means a lot. As little as $5 a month helps keep us going and grants you access to exclusive bonus material on our Patreon page. Click here to become a patron. Feedback: Editorial [at] innercitypress.com Mail: Box 130222, Chinatown Station, NY NY 10013 Other, earlier Inner City Press are listed here, and some are available in the ProQuest service, and now on Lexis-Nexis.  Copyright 2006-2026 Inner City Press, Inc. To request reprint or other permission, e-contact Editorial [at] innercitypress.com