Stranger punches girl at NYC Grand Central Station days after release in similar attack

[knockout]

How do you fake a decline in serious crime
You don't hold criminals accountable or reduce all felonies to misdemeanor
Helps to get the propaganda press to go along with the ruse

Stranger punches girl at NYC Grand Central Station days after release in similar attack​

A homeless man freed without bail after randomly breaking a woman’s nose went on to sucker-punch a 9-year-old girl in the face in Grand Central Station, MTA officials said.
Zarzuela is also accused of punching a 56-year-old woman in Grand Central Station on April 4. MTA cops initially charged him with felony assault, but prosecutors in Manhattan dropped that down to a misdemeanor.
On Tuesday, he appeared before Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Laurie Peterson, according to the court system’s online docket. She released him without bail just four days before the attack on the young girl.
“It doesn’t make any sense that this guy — who recently was released after being charged with randomly punching someone else and breaking that victim’s nose — should be back in a public space where he can attack others, especially children,” MTA Communications Director Tim Minton said.

“The people responsible for the criminal justice system need to learn from this episode before more innocent people become victims.”

Stranger punches girl at NYC Grand Central Station days after release in similar attack

A homeless man freed without bail after randomly breaking a woman’s nose went on to sucker-punch a 9-year-old girl in the face in Grand Central Station, MTA officials said. Jean Carlos Zarzuela, 30, was busted after he allegedly socked the youngster as she stood next to her stunned mom in the...

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[DaveL]

It might be tempting to blame a travesty like this on the contemporary "Bail Reform" movement, but based on what I've heard from lawyers and judges in NY, that's not the reality.

The reality is that bail in NY has always been f*cked. New York is the only state in the Union where judges are NOT allowed to consider the safety of the community in setting bail - ensuring the defendant's appearance in court is the only purpose for bail authorized by statute.

That was before the modern bail reform movement. So all the eggheads in Albany got in a huddle with the activists and academics and, despite a flurry of rule changes, rollbacks to the rule changes, and amendments to the rollbacks to the rule changes, somehow managed to leave that state of affairs unchanged.

Worse, they tell judges they may consider a wide variety of factors that certainly sound like they're about protecting the community from dangerous defendants... but still only in the context of ensuring their return to court.

Vital City | ‘A Confusing Mess’: How New York's Bail Laws Look from the Bench

A Bronx judge says the Legislature created a muddle rife with internal contradictions

www.vitalcitynyc.org

 

[Sugar Cookie]

The brute accused of punching a 9-year-old girl at Grand Central Terminal allegedly told police he launched the unprovoked attack because he was “thirsty,” prosecutors said Monday.

The bizarre motive for Jean Carlos Zarzuela’s alleged Saturday assault was revealed by prosecutors during his arraignment during which he was ordered held on $100,000 bail — after being cut loose earlier this month following a similar attack.

“I hit the girl in the face because I was thirsty,” Zarzuela, 30, allegedly told a detective, Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Shara Safer said during the arraignment. “Maybe I hit her in the face by accident.”

When requesting bail, Safer referenced a separate but similar case involving Zarzuela where he allegedly punched a woman multiple times on April 4 that left her with a bloody nose and eye swollen shut.

“Bail was set on this case on April 4th. However, the People and the police were not able to secure the paperwork to meet the 170.70 burden and the defendant was released on his own recognizance on April 9th,” Safer said in reference to a clause where prosecutors can show good cause to keep a defendant in custody beyond five days on misdemeanor charges.

Fiend who punched 9-year-old girl at Grand Central in provoked attack says he hit her because he was ‘thirsty’: prosecutors

“I hit the girl in the face because I was thirsty,” Zarzuela allegedly said, according to Safer. “Maybe I hit her in the face by accident.”

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[Blunderbuss Firozabad]

It might be tempting to blame a travesty like this on the contemporary "Bail Reform" movement, but based on what I've heard from lawyers and judges in NY, that's not the reality.

The reality is that bail in NY has always been f*cked. New York is the only state in the Union where judges are NOT allowed to consider the safety of the community in setting bail - ensuring the defendant's appearance in court is the only purpose for bail authorized by statute.

That was before the modern bail reform movement. So all the eggheads in Albany got in a huddle with the activists and academics and, despite a flurry of rule changes, rollbacks to the rule changes, and amendments to the rollbacks to the rule changes, somehow managed to leave that state of affairs unchanged.

Worse, they tell judges they may consider a wide variety of factors that certainly sound like they're about protecting the community from dangerous defendants... but still only in the context of ensuring their return to court.

Vital City | ‘A Confusing Mess’: How New York's Bail Laws Look from the Bench

A Bronx judge says the Legislature created a muddle rife with internal contradictions

www.vitalcitynyc.org

That was good writing @DaveL .