Arlicia Robinson, the former NYPD sergeant who was arrested for being a heroin mule for 6ix9ine’s Nine Trey Bloods gang, got her verdict this Thursday, Jan. 13, and according to NYDailyNews, the result l widely favored.
Thursday, January 13, the ex-sergeant was sentenced to four years of supervised release with probation by judge Alvin Hellerstein of the Manhattan federal court. Several factors influenced the court’s decision.
Two toxic relationships with gang members
Robinson is said to have had a romantic relationship with two members of the notorious Nine Trey Bloods gang: First Kristian Cruz, known as a “five-star general” who would have “sold for 2 to 3 million dollars of heroin and fentanyl”, then Aaron “Bat” Young, who was sentenced to 20 years behind bars for his criminal involvement.
During the trial, federal guidelines called for her to serve a five-year sentence, but the mental manipulation and physical abuse Robinson faced throughout her relationship with Young prompted prosecutor Sebastian Swett to seek that the decision be reconsidered. “He is a dangerous and destructive man. […] I don’t think you can overstate, you know, how dangerous he is. We can vouch for the fact that he was a bad, bad man,” he said of the gang member.
A traumatic upbringing
Additionally, Robinson’s traumatic upbringing may have led her to the messy situation she found herself in. “Both her parents died when she was 7 years old,” explained attorney Justine Harris. ” She was raised by a series of different loving family members, but in very unstable family situations. As a child, she was the victim of repeated sexual abuse and assault between the ages of 9 and 13. »
And a compass of integrity
The 41-year-old reportedly led a “double life” in 2017, spending her days ” overseeing 22 housing projects in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Williamsburg and downtown Brooklyn” and his nights collaborating with 6ix9ine’s gang members and ” [transporter] drugs for them because it attracted less attention. » However it was established that, while moonlighting as a drug mule, Robinson ” never directly abused his position as a cop”.
« We all have an inner turmoil that can prevent correct decision making. And sometimes this inner turmoil reaches such a degree due to life, childhood, abuse and other deprivations that it deprives an individual of the ability to make an independent decision. It is very difficult to find a more difficult living condition than that experienced by Robinson,” said Judge Alvin Hellerstein.
He continued, addressing the ex-sergeant directly: One of the purposes of punishment is to rehabilitate a person. You have shown, Mrs. Robinson, your own rehabilitation – even before your punishment – by choosing a life where you help others and support your family and children. And getting clean and strong to do these things is highly commendable. »
“I did not have clear ideas”
“I know now and I will always know that what I did was wrong,” the mother-of-three said during the virtual hearing. “I take full responsibility for my bad decisions and behavior. I didn’t think clearly and I didn’t have clear ideas. »
As for the rapper formerly known as Tekashi 6ix9ine, his cooperation with law enforcement led to the gang breaking up. Initially sentenced to two years in prison, he received a reduced sentence at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and was able to serve the remaining four months under house arrest.
