Venezuelan Migrant who Pleaded Guilty To Kicking Cop in Times Square Melee Skips Sentencing — after Judge Let Her Out To ‘bond with her baby’
A Venezuelan migrant who
admitted to attacking a cop during the Times Square melee was nowhere to be found at her sentencing Monday — after a Manhattan judge sprung her free from jail to allow her to “bond” with her two-month-old baby, a court heard.
Edgarlis Vegas, 21, was set to be sentenced to a city year — a 364-day term — in Manhattan Supreme Court after pleading guilty to kicking a cop during the
Jan. 27, 2024 scuffle, but her attorney, Eric Bernstein, said she wasn’t going to show up for the court appearance.
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Edgarlis Vegas, 21, was set to be sentenced Monday in Manhattan Supreme Court but didn’t show up for her court appearance.
Vegas, who gradually appeared with a baby bump during several proceedings since her arrest last March, was initially being held on $25,000 bail — but was freed by Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Laura Ward when she took a plea deal on Oct. 1 in order for her to have more time to “bond with her baby,” her attorney said.
A Venezuelan migrant who admitted to attacking a cop during the Times Square melee was nowhere to be found at her sentencing Monday — after a Manhattan judge sprung her free from jail to allow her …
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