🩸 The Gutter Report: The Syracuse Setup — Inside the Paperwork the State Tried to Bury (Part II)
A deep dive into the indictments, affidavits, missing testimony, and legal contradictions behind the 40-year sentence of Nahkeen Lewis-Bush.
📌 Before We Begin
If you missed Part I, read it here:
👉 The Gutter Report: The Syracuse Setup — What Happened to Nahkeen Lewis-Bush
This chapter exposes the paper trail — the delays, the affidavits, the rulings, and the contradictions the State hoped nobody would ever examine.
🧩 1. The Suppression Fight They Didn’t Expect
On April 20, 2018, Det. Mark Grady testified at the suppression hearing.
The entire case was built solely on his observations — no victim call, no bystander, no 911, no independent witness. Just his sworn word that he allegedly saw “three males” firing guns.
Despite the lack of corroboration, the court upheld the seizure and arrest.
That ruling became the backbone for everything the prosecution did next.
🏛️ The Onondaga County Courthouse — the building where this case was built, broken, and pushed forward anyway.
⏳ 2. The Timeline Problem the Court Couldn’t Hide
Nahkeen Lewis-Bush’s strongest argument didn’t come from witnesses —
it came from the State’s own calendar.
His CPL §30.30 clock shows:
9 months and 24 days of non-excludable delay before the superseding indictment.
Under New York law, that alone should have been grounds for dismissal.
📂 Defense timeline showing 9 months and 24 days of non-excludable delay — a legal deadline the State blew straight through.
📜 3. The First Indictment: Quietly Tossed
Most people never learn this part:
The first indictment against Nahkeen was thrown out.
On December 18, 2018, Judge Stephen Dougherty found procedural defects in the grand jury process.
The indictment was invalid — meaning the prosecution had already lost once.
But instead of letting the case go, the State scrambled to repair it.
⚖️ January 18, 2019 paperwork: acknowledging critical procedural issues in the indictment process.
🗂️ 4. The Superseding Indictment — A Panic Button Move
After losing the first round, prosecutors hit reset:
Jan 12, 2018: State files superseding indictment
Same allegations, but now they added Attempted Murder 2nd
Aug 1, 2018: Nahkeen is arraigned on the superseder
This is the core problem:
They added a more serious charge
without
a victim, witness testimony, or physical evidence.
None of this is normal.
None of this is standard.
None of this meets the threshold for Attempted Murder.
And legally —
9 months and 24 days passed before arraignment.
That violates CPL §30.30.
🧾 5. The Affidavits That Destroy the Narrative
Between 2019–2024, sworn documents began surfacing:
✔️ Ortiz — the alleged victim — never testified, never identified Nahkeen, and later swore in an affidavit he was NOT an attempted murder victim
✔️ Every codefendant accepted responsibility and cleared Nahkeen
✔️ No witness testified against him
✔️ No DNA
✔️ No physical evidence
✔️ No ballistics match
✔️ No medical records of injury
This isn’t a weak case.
This is a nonexistent case held together by Grady’s testimony and prosecutorial momentum.
Ortiz has since been contacted for investigative purposes — and he maintains exactly what he said in his affidavit.
🚨 Judge Dougherty’s December 18, 2018 ruling upholding the indictment despite zero victim testimony or physical evidence.
🔍 6. The Sentencing Makes No Sense — Unless You Compare It to the Facts
Nahkeen received:
40 years flat
48 concurrent years
For what?
A shooting where:
❌ No victim testified
❌ No victim identified him
❌ No witness testified
❌ No forensic evidence existed
❌ No codefendant implicated him
❌ No confession was made
❌ No injury was established
This sentencing looks like a message — not justice.
🔥 7. The Pattern Is Clear Now
Once all the paperwork is lined up:
The affidavits
The missing testimony
The tossed indictment
The illegal delays
The contradictions
The added charges
The lack of evidence
This case doesn’t survive scrutiny.
It barely survives daylight.
Part III is coming.
The next chapter exposes who benefited, who ignored the red flags, and who kept the machine running.
✒️ Not for clicks — for clarity.
— Elliott Carterr, LFTG Radio
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