IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS 
DIVISION OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN 
 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  
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Plaintiff, 
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Crim. No. 17-cr-23  
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v. 
 
 
 
 
 
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HELWOOD PARIS, BETEL ROSARIO ) 
PAULINO, TROY TITLEY, 
 
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Defendants. 
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_____________________________ ) 
 
 
 
ATTORNEYS: 
 
Joycelyn Hewlett, Acting United States Attorney 
Sigrid Tejo-Sprotte, AUSA 
Christian Andrew Fisanick, AUSA 
United States Attorney’s Office 
St. Thomas, VI 
 
For the United States of America, 
 
Omodare Jupiter, FPD 
Gabriel Villegas, AFPD 
Brendan A. Hurson, AFPD 
Office of the Federal Public Defender 
 
For Helwood Paris, 
 
Edgar L. Sanchez-Mercado 
San Juan, PR 
 
For Betel Augusto Rosario Paulino. 
 
Carl R. Williams 
Smith, Williams, PLLC 
St. Thomas, USVI 
 
For Troy Titley. 
 
 
 
 
Case: 3:17-cr-00023-RAM-RM   Document #: 159   Filed: 07/06/17   Page 1 of 2
United States v. Paris et al. 
Cr. No. 17-23 
Benchmemo 
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ORDER 
 
 
Before the Court are the motions of Helwood Paris to: 
Suppress, Suppress Due to Delayed Presentment, and Suppress 
Identification. Also before the Court is the Motion to Suppress 
of Betel Rosario Paulino. 
 
On July 3, 2017, an evidentiary hearing was held in this 
matter. The Court heard evidence related to the motions to 
suppress.  
 
The Court has considered the applicable law and the 
evidence presented at the July 3, 2017, hearing. For the reasons 
outlined by the Court at the conclusion of the July 3, 2017, 
hearing1, it is hereby 
 
ORDERED that the motions of Helwood Paris to: 
Suppress[119], Suppress Due to Delayed Presentment[120], and 
Suppress Identification[126] are hereby DENIED; and it is 
further 
 
ORDERED that the Motion to Suppress[122] of Betel Rosario 
Paulino is DENIED. 
 
 
 
  
 
 
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Curtis V. Gómez 
 
District Judge 
                                                          
1 In the wake of the hearing, the Court has reviewed all of the video evidence 
presented at the suppression hearing. The Court finds nothing in the 
recordings which changes its earlier reasoning.  
 
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