StellarCrowandClaude Fable 5.1
439e83a4cb
Second and third rounds on the dossier pipeline, reviewed locally before commit. Retrieval - wayback_pass.py: retries every BLOCKED/DEAD/THIN/ERROR linked source through the Wayback Machine; blocks carry the snapshot date, archive URL and the live verdict. 143 slots retried: 93 fetched, 37 no snapshot, 12 script shells, 1 PDF. - fetch_sources.py: fetch_wayback() helper. - add_extra_sources.py: files staged extra_* finds (web search, not on the DB record) into the store with a provenance note. - Cases re-sourced by web search: 248 (Oslo: Document.no, Avisa Oslo, NRK; the linked Le Parisien piece is case 242 and is marked OFF-CASE), 258 Kharkiv, 260 Singapore, 358 Bangkok, 365 Las Vegas, 388 Verneuil-sur-Seine, 390 Zoersel, 430 Homestead. 341 of 364 cases now hold a fetched article; 11, 66 and 399 have no public text source (podcast, police video, direct victim report). Trimming - auto_trim.py: case-anchored furniture cut for UNTRIMMED blocks. Finds the body run that mentions the case, merges across subheadings and short furniture gaps, drops teasers, share bars, date/URL/caption lines and subscription pitches; refuses pages with no record term or almost no body. 302 blocks trimmed; 16 left on auto-trim-review.md (7 OFF-CASE suspects). Every cut is labelled AUTO-TRIMMED, UNREVIEWED in the dossier; the full extract stays in staging/. Decisions with anchors in trim-decisions-auto.json. - build_cases.py / verify_all.py: banners for auto-trimmed and archived blocks, staged-file check extended to Wayback blocks, flag legend under the record. Detention rule - README "Definitions": the DB field `kidnappings` is the DETENTION violence type (victim, guard, staff or relative held to force submission or execute the theft), distinct from the Kidnapping scenario (taken away and held). - detention-flag-review.md / detention-flag-corrections.json: 40 records reviewed with evidence; 30 set-to-1 proposals accepted by the owner on 2026-09-06 (listed in corrections-approved.md), 10 still open. - apply_detention_wording.py: "Violence Used" in the 70 reviewed summaries now names detention explicitly (62 of 70 labelled), supported by the summary's own text; idempotent; supersedes the batch scripts' wording. Worklist and docs - sofia-worklist.md: 248 decisions, detention rule item replacing the old "no abduction" item, fresh-search section for the textless cases. - README-START-HERE.md: progress notes, run commands, next steps. - Bug fixed in passing: Wayback blocks stored in-memory text with carriage returns; now stored as read back from disk. verify_all.py PASSES (2321 checks). Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01GZZENdTLzNGsbNy4DyF1yt
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CASE 019 | Unidentified | November 4, 2017 | USA
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DATABASE RECORD
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id 19
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date November 4, 2017
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original_date November 4, 2017
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year 2017
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month 11
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quarter 2017-Q4
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victim Unidentified
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location New York, New York
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country USA
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scenario Kidnapping
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description Man robbed of $1.8M of ETH
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kidnappings 0
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violence_torture 0
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drugs_alcohol 0
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weapons 0
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theft 0
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life_taken 0
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money_wanted $1.8 million
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coin_type ETH
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reports NY Post, NY Post, Coingeek
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notes his "friend" betrayed him
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has_processed_date 1
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created_at 2025-11-13 05:44:45
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(flag legend: 'kidnappings' is the DETENTION flag — 1 when the victim was held against
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their will at any point, tied, locked in, held at gunpoint or taken away; it is NOT the
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same as the 'Kidnapping' scenario, which means taken away and held. See README, Definitions.)
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AI SUMMARY [generated at bulk import, NOT verified against sources]
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**Victim:** Unidentified
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**Attackers:** Unknown number of perpetrators
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**Attack Method:** Kidnapping
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**Violence Used:** Threats/intimidation
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**Crypto Stolen:** $1.8 million in ETH
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**Status:** Investigation ongoing
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LINKED SOURCES
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[url] https://nypost.com/2018/06/12/trio-of-crooks-busted-in-1-8m-cryptocurrency-heist/
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NOTES ON THIS FILE
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* matched to sheet row 20: exact date + country, unique candidate
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ARTICLE 1
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Source NY Post, NY Post, Coingeek
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URL https://nypost.com/2018/06/12/trio-of-crooks-busted-in-1-8m-cryptocurrency-heist/
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Origin reported_K&R sheet, row 20, column "Articles"
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Length 3,084 chars
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Three men charged in $2M cryptocurrency kidnapping and robbery
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By Shayna Jacobs and Janon Fisher
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Jun 12, 2018 | 11:05 PM
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Three men charged in $2M cryptocurrency kidnapping. Cryptocurrency heist suspects were arraigned in Manhattan court Tuesday.
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MEMBERS OF a Bronx biker gang, one sporting a skull tattoo, kidnapped a friend and robbed him of nearly $2 million in cryptocurrency, Manhattan prosecutors charged Tuesday.
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Cesar (Fuego) Guzman, 38, a paraprofessional with the Department of Education, Allan (Joker) Nunez, 36, and Darrell (Bishop) Colon, 37, joined Louis Meza, 35, to lure the cyber-millionaire victim into a minivan posing as a livery car on Nov. 4, 2017.
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Meza, of Jersey City, who originally set up the victim, his buddy, by getting him to get into the fake Uber was arrested and charged last December.
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Each of the men played a role in the heist.
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Colon was hiding in the rear row of seats and popped out with what appeared to be a gun to threaten the victim for his Ether — a type of virtual money, prosecutors said.
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Nunez drove the victim around for two hours at gunpoint until he coughed up the location of his 24-word passphrase. Meza, who was caught on surveillance camera, and Guzman, whose head is inked with tribal tats, broke into victim’s apartment where they nabbed his digital wallet and stole $1.8 million, prosecutor James Vinocur said at the men’s arraignment in Manhattan Supreme Court.
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“The investigation revealed that Mr. Guzman recruited both of these individuals based on their shared involvement in a Bronx motorcycle crew or group,” Vinocur said.
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Most of the stolen digital dollars were recovered, prosecutors said.
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The chunky trio may not seem like high-tech hoods, but Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance Jr. said everyone is getting clepto around crypto.
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Cryptocurrency heist suspects (from left) Allan Nunez, Darrell Colon and Cezar Guzman are arraigned in Manhattan court Tuesday.
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Cryptocurrency heist suspects (from left) Allan Nunez, Darrell Colon and Cezar Guzman are arraigned in Manhattan court Tuesday. (Alec Tabak / for New York Daily News)
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“Investors aren’t the only ones tracking the fluctuating values of digital currencies — everyone from sophisticated cybercriminals to old-school shakedown-and-stick-up scammers are keeping a close eye, too,” Vance said.
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Nunez’s attorney told the judge that City Councilman Ritchie Torres penned a letter on his client’s behalf attesting to his good character and the charity work he does for his community in the Bronx.
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The attorney, Rob Georges, also argued that his client should get relatively minimal bail considering that fallen film producer Harvey Weinstein, another defendant in Manhattan, posted $1 million cash, which is just a fraction of his reported worth.
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“And he’s not suspected of being nearly as violent,” Georges argued.
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The three men pleaded not guilty in front of Justice Melissa Jackson.
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Guzman’s attorney said that in addition to working for the Education Department, his client attends night classes at Lehman College.
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Each of the men was held on at least $50,000 bail.
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ARTICLE 2
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Source NY Post, NY Post, Coingeek
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URL (no URL recorded for this column)
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Origin reported_K&R sheet, row 20, column "Article 2"
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Length 1,171 chars
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Man admits to $1.8M crypto heist, gets 10 years in prison
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By Rebecca Rosenberg
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Published Sep. 5, 2018, 7:50 p.m. ET
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The mastermind of a $1.8 million cryptocurrency heist admitted to the robbery Wednesday in exchange for a decade in prison.
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Louis Meza, 35, copped to first-degree grand larceny and second-degree kidnapping in Manhattan Supreme Court and is expected to be sentenced on Sept. 27 to 10 years behind bars and five years of post-release supervision.
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“Louis Meza orchestrated a 21st-century stick-up,” said Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. in statement. “Then 21st-century investigators brought him swiftly to justice, securing a landmark conviction in an undeveloped area of the law.”
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Meza — along with the help of three co-defendants whose cases are still pending — hatched the Nov. 4, 2017, scheme.
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The men held the unnamed victim captive in a van for two hours while they stole his memory stick and used it to move the Ether currency into an account they controlled.
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The cyber crooks allegedly pointed a BB gun at the victim and covered his head with a hood, but the shaken man broke free and was able to call 911, according to prosecutors.
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ARTICLE 3
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Source NY Post, NY Post, Coingeek
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URL (no URL recorded for this column)
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Origin reported_K&R sheet, row 20, column "Article 3"
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Length 2,000 chars
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Trio of crooks busted in $1.8M cryptocurrency heist
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By Rebecca Rosenberg
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Three cyber crooks — including a church worker and a city Education Department staffer — were busted Tuesday for an elaborate $1.8 million cryptocurrency heist, authorities said.
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The Nov. 4, 2017, scheme allegedly was orchestrated by Louis Meza, 35, who was arrested last December for the robbery.
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He set up a meeting with the unnamed victim, then pretended to order an Uber to take him home, prosecutors said.
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Allan Nunez, 36, allegedly posed as the Uber driver, while Darrell Colon hid in the back of the minivan. When the victim stepped in, Colon pulled a gun and demanded his keys and a memory stick associated with his Ether currency account, court papers charge.
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“I stuck the gun in the guy’s ribs and took his stuff,” Colon, who said the weapon was a BB gun, allegedly confessed to investigators.
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The frightened victim was held captive inside the van for two hours with a hood over his head before escaping, Assistant District Attorney James Vinocur said Tuesday in Manhattan Supreme Court.
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“The victim was able to run, terrified, for two blocks until he was able to reach a grocery store and call 911,” the prosecutor said.
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Meza allegedly had enlisted his pal, Cesar Guzman, who works as a DOE paraprofessional, to help plan the robbery.
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Officials said Guzman, 38, recruited Nunez, a church worker, and Colon from his motorcycle club.
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While the victim was trapped inside the van, Meza and Guzman broke into his house.
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Meza, who was caught on surveillance video leaving the victim’s home with a black box, used the stolen data to move the cyber funds into his personal account.
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Authorities said they recovered most of the currency.
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Defense lawyer Michael Barsky argued that Guzman, who runs a neighborhood charity and cares for his autistic nephew, should be granted reasonable bail.
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Attorney Rob Georges made a similar pitch for Nunez, then invoked the sex-assault case against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein.
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FETCHED ARTICLE 1 [AUTO-TRIMMED — UNREVIEWED]
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!! Furniture was cut by a script keyed on this case's record, not by a person.
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!! It may still carry passages about OTHER cases from a round-up article.
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!! The full page extract is kept in staging/ if a cut needs revisiting.
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Source nypost.com
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URL https://nypost.com/2018/06/12/trio-of-crooks-busted-in-1-8m-cryptocurrency-heist/
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Field url
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Retrieved 2026-09-05T12:56:32+00:00 via raw HTTP retrieval, deterministic extraction (HTTP 200)
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Language unknown
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Kept paragraphs headline [0] + 1-18 of 19
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Length 2,571 chars
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Integrity sha256 8c2eabe934044e9335a4ae0dc41c1b1aa61264306549a58ac0f0d26ba4ad3032
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Trimmed AUTO-TRIMMED, unreviewed: kept paragraphs 1-18 plus headline [0]; dropped 0 leading and 0 trailing paragraphs. Case-term hits on page: 4.
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Caveat retrieved from a live page on the date above. Unlike text copied
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from the spreadsheet, there is no second copy to hash it against.
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ORIGINAL (unknown, verbatim as retrieved)
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Trio of crooks busted in $1.8M cryptocurrency heist | New York Post
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See more of our coverage in your search results.
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Three cyber crooks — including a church worker and a city Education Department staffer — were busted Tuesday for an elaborate $1.8 million cryptocurrency heist, authorities said.
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The Nov. 4, 2017, scheme allegedly was orchestrated by Louis Meza, 35, who was arrested last December for the robbery.
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He set up a meeting with the unnamed victim, then pretended to order an Uber to take him home, prosecutors said.
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Allan Nunez, 36, allegedly posed as the Uber driver, while Darrell Colon hid in the back of the minivan. When the victim stepped in, Colon pulled a gun and demanded his keys and a memory stick associated with his Ether currency account, court papers charge.
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“I stuck the gun in the guy’s ribs and took his stuff,” Colon, who said the weapon was a BB gun, allegedly confessed to investigators.
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The frightened victim was held captive inside the van for two hours with a hood over his head before escaping, Assistant District Attorney James Vinocur said Tuesday in Manhattan Supreme Court.
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“The victim was able to run, terrified, for two blocks until he was able to reach a grocery store and call 911,” the prosecutor said.
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Meza allegedly had enlisted his pal, Cesar Guzman, who works as a DOE paraprofessional, to help plan the robbery.
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Officials said Guzman, 38, recruited Nunez, a church worker, and Colon from his motorcycle club.
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While the victim was trapped inside the van, Meza and Guzman broke into his house.
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Meza, who was caught on surveillance video leaving the victim’s home with a black box, used the stolen data to move the cyber funds into his personal account.
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Authorities said they recovered most of the currency.
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Defense lawyer Michael Barsky argued that Guzman, who runs a neighborhood charity and cares for his autistic nephew, should be granted reasonable bail.
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Attorney Rob Georges made a similar pitch for Nunez, then invoked the sex-assault case against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein.
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He said the disgraced producer was permitted to turn himself in and a bail package was prearranged with the DA’s office — a courtesy that wasn’t extended to Nunez or his co-defendants.
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“And he [Nunez] is not suspected of being nearly as violent,” added Georges. Justice Melissa Jackson, who didn’t address the Weinstein comparison, ordered Nunez held on $50,000 bail, Colon on $75,000 and Guzman on $100,000.
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The trio pleaded not guilty to grand larceny, kidnapping and other charges. They face up to 25 years in prison.
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