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Federal Charges Announced Against Inmates for Violent Crimes Committed in Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn

09/30/2024 08:00 AM EDT

The Justice Department today announced charges in five cases addressing violence at New York City's federal pretrial detention facility, the Metropolitan Detention Center, (MDC), located in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. These include charges against inmates for the murder of Uriel Whyte on June 7, the murder of Edwin Cordero on July 17, an attempted murder on April 27, and two violent assaults on Aug. 24 and 27. The defendants, all of whom were previously ordered detained at the MDC on other charges, will be arraigned in the coming days.

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