Two men have been charged in a plot to murder a family court judge in upstate New York overseeing the case of children the men are also accused of kidnapping.
Dimitri Cash and
Joenathan Cash were arraigned Monday on an indictment charging them with conspiracy. Their alleged target was Monroe County family court judge
Stacey Romeo, according to a
press release from the Monroe County District Attorney.
Two men have been charged in a plot to murder a family court judge in upstate New York overseeing the case of children the men are also accused of kidnapping.
Dimitri Cash and
Joenathan Cash were arraigned Monday on an indictment charging them with conspiracy. Their alleged target was Monroe County family court judge
Stacey Romeo, according to a
press release from the Monroe County District Attorney.
Police believe Dimitri is the mastermind behind the alleged murder plot, as well as the January kidnapping.
Dimitri conducted “background searches and a background investigation” of Judge Romeo, the
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle reported, citing court documents.
Joenathan allegedly conducted surveillance at Romeo’s residence in November 2020, making cell phone videos of what he saw, the
Democrat and Chronicle report said. He also allegedly watched the judge to learn about what car she drove to work and where she parked.
In a chilling detail reminiscent of the
death of the son of U.S. District Judge
Ester Salas in New Jersey, Dimitri had allegedly searched online for information about buying uniforms owned by FedEx or U.S. Postal Service delivery drivers, the
Democrat and Chronicle reported.
Both Dimitri and Joenathan pleaded not guilty.
Clark Zimmermann, an attorney for Dimitri Cash, said there could be “innocent explanations” for the actions detailed in the indictment, the Democrat and Chronicle reported.
“The allegations are extremely serious so it took us a little off-guard,” Zimmermann said, according to the report.
Romeo was overseeing the custody court case involving the children Dimitri and Joenathan are accused of kidnapping in January.
Dimitri had been in a three-year custody battle of his two children,
Dimitri Cash Jr., 5, and
Shekeria Cash, 3, according to a
report by local ABC affiliate WHAM.
The children were kidnapped from their foster home in Greece, New York, in January. Joenathan, along with his girlfriend
Kimara Pluvoise, allegedly broke through a front window of the home, according to a Democrat and Chronicle
report.
The kidnappers forcibly bound the foster mother together with two of the seven children at the home using duct tape, the
Democrat and Chronicle report said. They also allegedly put duct tape over the woman’s mouth to stop her from screaming.
if child abuse is happening in the foster home, CPS had better the fuck fix it, what is that shit???!!/ maybe 
