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Marquis Frasier

Released
Date of birth:1993
Gender:Male
Race:Black
Era:2020s
State:New York
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Marquis Frasier

Biography

Marquis Frasier, 27, said he was at the Public Safety Building "when the riots occurred" on May 30, 2020 in Rochester, NY. He allegedly admitted to spray painting, smashing the windows of a truck, breaking glass at the Court Exchange Building, and stealing drinks from a vending machine. He admitted to having a Molotov cocktail (a Cuervo bottle) which he tried unsuccessfully to light, then threw into the back window of a trailer. Frasier was already charged in Rochester City Court on June 22 with first-degree arson and other state charges. Charged but not tried federally.

Birth-year evidence

DOJ July8,2022 guilty-plea announcement names MarquisFrasier,29,Rochester. Range July9,1992 through July8,1993. Original2020 charging release also gives27, consistent with both candidate years, not enough to settle exact year. Sources: Source 1, Source 2. Birth is recorded approximately, not as a verified exact birthday; possible years: 1992, 1993.

Case

Federal Correctional Institution, Williamsburg
Charges: Rioting (pled down from arson) — threw a Molotov cocktail into a mobile construction trailer at Exchange Boulevard/Court Street during May 30, 2020 BLM protests in downtown Rochester, caught on Facebook Live video
Released: Jan 25, 2024
Sentence: Approximately 13 months federal prison (exact term not published in DOJ records)
Prosecutor: Cassie M. Kocher
Judge: U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa
Convicted: Yes
Plead: Guilty — rioting, July 8, 2022
Institution State: South Carolina