Man Sentenced To Eight Years For Participating In Armed Robbery That Led To Death Of Innocent Bystander

 

United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, announced that JADHIAN CORDERO was sentenced today to eight years in prison by U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff for aiding and abetting the brandishing of a firearm in connection with an August 27, 2025, midday armed robbery in which a 69-year-old bystander was shot and killed.

“Jadhian Cordero chose to participate in the armed robbery of a drug dealer in the middle of the day on the street in East Harlem, which led to the death of Robin Wright, a 69-year-old, wholly innocent woman,” said U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton.  “New York City families deserve to live free of senseless and destructive violence on our streets.  Today’s sentence demonstrates that the women and men of this Office are dedicated to holding all participants in violent gun crimes accountable.”

As alleged in public court filings, statements in public court proceedings, and the charging documents in the case:

On August 27, 2025, shortly before 12:30 p.m., CORDERO and two co-conspirators (“CC-1” and “CC-2”) robbed a drug dealer (“Individual-1”) near East 109th Street and Madison Avenue in Manhattan.  During the robbery, CORDERO and his co-conspirators got into a physical altercation with Individual-1 before grabbing backpacks from Individual-1—which contained marijuana—and fleeing north on Madison Avenue.

CC-1 pulled a black firearm—equipped with a machine-gun conversion device—out of his right sweatshirt pocket and discharged 15 shots in quick succession in the general direction of Individual-1.  A 69-year-old woman, Robin Wright, was standing with a walker on the northwest corner of East 110th Street and Madison Avenue—in the direction that CC-1 shot the firearm—when she was struck by gunfire.  The victim was transported to the hospital, where she died.

Multiple members of the victim’s family submitted letters to the Court describing the victim as a loving parent and grandmother who was simply enjoying her afternoon when she fell victim to this senseless crime.

In addition to the prison term, CORDERO, 19, of New York, New York, was sentenced to five years of supervised release.

Mr. Clayton praised the outstanding investigative work of Homeland Security Investigations and the New York City Police Department. He also thanked the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the United States Marshals Service, the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, and the New York State Board of Parole.

This case is being handled by the Office’s Violent Organizations and Crime Unit.