COLONIE – One of the five non-US residents who live at the Surestay Hotel on Wolf Road that were arrested two weeks ago is still in federal custody as of Sunday.
The charges included rape, burglary, assault, menacing and criminal possession of a weapon. The two men charged with the most serious crimes were remanded by Colonie Judge Norman Massry on October 4, then picked up by Immigration and Customs Enforcement(ICE) when they were released. The other three were picked up by ICE the same day as arraignment.
That has changed, however, and as of Sunday only one is still listed as detained by ICE. Simrandeep Singh, 21, who was an employee of the hotel, lived there, and also is in the country illegally, was charged on October 4 with rape.
He was released under supervision of probation after a preliminary hearing in Colonie but was picked up by ICE and remains at the Buffalo Federal Detention Facility.
According to the Albany County District Attorney’s office, Andres Yaraure-Pina, 21, was charged with robbery, a felony, and petit larceny and criminal mischief-recklessly damaging property after an incident at Cricket Wireless on Central Avenue on October 3. He was arraigned by Colonie Judge Norman Massry and sent to the Albany County jail without bail and was arraigned again on October 11 in Albany County Court by Judge Little.
He is scheduled back in court on November 11. Yaraure-Pina was arrested in Queens on July 29 and again on August 19 in separate incidents. He was charged with a felony and two misdemeanors. It is unclear if he is still in local custody.
Cleiver Manzanilla-Morales, 18, was charged with assault with intent to cause injury on September 29 after an incident at the hotel. According to the District attorney’s office, he was scheduled for October 10, but did not happen because he was in ICE custody. He is no longer listed as detained by ICE.
Michael Rodriguez-Cortez and Jhonathan Pena-Quintero, both 26, were involved in a fight at the hotel where a knife was brandished on October 1. They were both charged with attempted assault with a weapon, a felony, and menacing with a weapon and criminal possession of a weapon with intent to use, both misdemeanors. They were arraigned and taken into ICE custody, but no longer are listed as detained.
According to the District Attorney’s office, the cases were returned to Colonie Town Court as assault in the third degree and they were scheduled to appear there on October 18. Assault in the third degree is not a bail eligible offense unless it is charged as a hate crime.
The original story had only partial names because that is the way they appeared on the arrest reports. The names were too long and were cut off. We have corrected the original story online with the full names.
The names have made it more difficult to track the men as they move through the criminal justice system.