{"id":191575,"date":"2026-04-10T00:31:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T00:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/191575\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T00:31:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T00:31:28","slug":"man-from-dr-who-sold-fentanyl-in-upper-manhattan-asks-time-served-and-removal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/191575\/","title":{"rendered":"Man from DR Who Sold Fentanyl in Upper Manhattan Asks Time Served and Removal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Man from DR Who Sold
\n Fentanyl in Upper Manhattan Asks
\n Time Served and Removal<\/p>\n

by
\n Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon<\/a> Book<\/a>
\n Substack<\/a>
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SDNY<\/p>\n

COURTHOUSE,
\n April 8 \u2013 A man charged
\n with selling fentanyl in
\n Washington Heights in March
\n 2025 is up for sentencing in
\n the U.S. District Court for
\n the Southern District of New
\n York on April 13. He is asking
\n for time served. Inner City
\n Press is covering the
\n case.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/p>\n

He pled guilty in
\n October 2025. His sentencing
\n memo acknowledges that he does
\n not have legal status in the
\n US, having entered in 2022
\n from the Dominican Republic on
\n a travel visa. <\/p>\n

But, it says, he
\n was not the ring leader and is
\n eligible for the safety valve
\n under Section 3553. He has
\n worked for DoorDash, Grubhub,
\n Uber Eats and Walmart
\n Delivery. He faces removal
\n from the USA.<\/p>\n

\u00a0The case is
\n USA v. Rodriguez Medina,
\n 1:25-cr-458 (Hellerstein)<\/p>\n

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