United States v. Jones

DECISION AND ORDER

VICTOR MARRERO, District Judge.

Defendant Corey Jones (“C Jones”) appeals the detention order issued by Magistrate Judge Henry Pitman (“Magistrate Judge Pitman”) dated June 11, 2008 (the “Order”). For the reasons set forth below, the Order is AFFIRMED.

I. BACKGROUND

Sometime in the late evening of Friday, May 28, 2008 and the early morning hours of Saturday May 24, 2008, Frank Jones 1 (the “Victim”), who had provided information to the Government concerning illegal firearms and narcotics dealing, was present with several others 2 in the vicinity of West 165th Street and Ogden…