A Chabad-affiliated Staten Island drug kingpin whose smuggling and trafficking operation brought in upwards $6 million per week at its height has been given permission to expand the terms of his pre-sentencing house arrest to visit the grave of the late Lubavitcher Rebbe with his pregnant fiancée to seek blessings and advice from the dead rabbi for their upcoming wedding.
Jonathan Braun
Convicted Orthodox Drug Smuggler Given Right To Expand Pre-Sentencing House Arrest To Visit Grave Of Dead Chabad-Lubavitch Rebbe
Shmarya Rosenberg • FailedMessiah.com
A Chabad-affiliated Staten Island drug kingpin whose smuggling and trafficking operation brought in upwards $6 million per week at its height has been given permission to expand the terms of his pre-sentencing house arrest to visit the grave of the late Lubavitcher Rebbe with his pregnant fiancée to seek blessings and advice from the dead rabbi for their upcoming wedding, the Daily News reported.
Jonathan Braun impregnated the woman while on house arrest.
The federal judge, Sandra Townes, also gave the Hell’s Angels-tied Orthodox Jew permission to visit his in-law’s house for his official engagement announcement, another location for his vort (engagement party) and was given the right to attend sheva brachas (one week of post-wedding parties) in the five boroughs. He can also leave his home to shop for a wedding ring, to get fitted for a tuxedo, and to go with his fiancée to doctor visits.
Braun is facing more than 20 years in federal prison. He pleaded guilty this year to heading a massive 10,000 kilo marijuana smuggling conspiracy.
“At its height ... Braun’s organization raked in more than $6 million per week,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Steve Tiscione reportedly wrote in court papers.
Prosecutors opposed Braun’s pre-sentencing release on $8 million bail, but “apparently took no position on whether he should be allowed to leave his home to make ready for his wedding,” the paper reported.
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