After Take Down of Dozen from East Harlem Johnson Houses Now a Guilty Plea

After Take Down of Dozen from East Harlem Johnson Houses Now a Guilty Plea by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack SDNY COURTHOUSE, Oct 13 – On December 17 the SDNY US Attorney's Office announced the unsealing of an Indictment charging 12 men with a drug dealing and weapons conspiracy in the Johnson Houses in East Harlem - and a 12:15 pm press conference.   Inner City Press went, its second time of the day in 26 Federal Plaza, asked two questions and live tweeted, here Inner City Press asked, what happened to the Wusky takedown? And how will deeming fentanyl a weapon of mass destruction be applied in New York? Clayton: Fentanyl has killed 100,000 people. We are listening to what people want    Clayton explained Federal versus state indictment in three works: continuity of custody.  In the afternoon Inner City Press went to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Magistrates court, where co-defendant Hernandez was ordered detained as a danger to the community. Continuity of custody indeed. On December 18 co-defendant Percy Carrion, represented by MoFo as CJA, appealed Chief Magistrate Judge Sarah Netburn's order of detention to the assigned District Judge Sidney H. Stein.      The AUSA said a gun in the utility closet was attributable to Carrion. Defense counsel said there was no video of that. He sold crack in a playground, the AUSA said. Judge Stein ordered him detained. Continuity of custody, indeed. On January 5, 2026, a hearing with many defendants in the jury box: four in yellow, four in green, one in MDC tan. The outcome: "All defendants remain in custody, except defendant Quadir Davonish, whose bail conditions remain as set. On October 13 a guilty plea: "Change of Plea Hearing as to Percy Carrion held on 10/13/2026. Defendant's attorney makes an application that her client wishes to withdraw his previously entered plea of not guilty and enter a plea of guilty to Count 1 in the Indictment. Defendant sworn; allocution begins. The defendant pleads GUILTY to Count 1 in the Indictment. The Court accepts the guilty plea. Sentencing is set for January 14, 2027, at 2:30 p.m. The case is USA v. Gonzalez, et al., 1:25-cr-576 (Stein) *** 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 SDNY Press Room 500 Pearl Street, NY NY 10007 USA Mail: Box 130222, Chinatown Station, NY NY 10013 Reporter's mobile (and weekends): 718-716-3540 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