A New York City judge released a suspect accused of sucker punching a woman and breaking her jaw, but days later the judge retired to Florida. The New York Post reported.
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What are the details?
Prosecutors on Wednesday filed charges against 33-year-old Franz Giudy in connection with the highly publicized unprovoked assault of 57-year-old Dulce Pichardo, a mother of three, in March, the paper said. I pulled it up.
of the paper said first Jeudy was charged with third-degree assault (a misdemeanor, meaning he is not eligible for bail) and released.
District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said in a separate article. post story A grand jury quickly returned an indictment against Jeudy for felony assault.
According to the newspaper, prosecutors applied for a bailable second-degree assault charge and asked Jeudy to be held on $25,000 cash bail or $50,000 surety, but Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Matthew Judge Sciarrino reportedly denied the request and released the suspect.
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Sciarrino told the Post on Friday that he followed state law in releasing Judy, noting that “bail cannot be set” for someone who is “not a flight risk.”
The newspaper reported that the judge, a Republican with more than 18 months left in his mayoral term, retired on Friday and returned to Florida, and a court spokesperson said Sciarrino submitted his resignation in January and moved to the South. It added that the move had “nothing to do with anything”. Bail decision in this case. ”
City Councilman Robert Holden, a moderate Queens Democrat who supports the bail enhancement law, told the Post that he was glad Sciarrino was leaving New York, saying, “Get rid of this criminally soft judge! We need judges with the backbone to judge the bad guys.” Not the ones who are locked up in prison, not the ones who free the whole world and then run away to Florida where the laws are stricter. ”
Before Pischardo’s brutal punch in March, Judy had been arrested seven times on assault charges. WABC TV reported.previous post storyPolice said one such precedent occurred in 2018 when Judy was charged with second-degree assault for assaulting a police officer. Citing sources, the paper added that Jeudy was also collared in 2019 for punching a security guard.
The Post reported that Jeudy was charged with misdemeanor assault in both cases, but prosecutors ruled that Jeudy was unfit to stand trial because of his apparent history of schizophrenia. , said the charges were later dismissed.
what else?
The attack on Picardo came after a Blaze News report said multiple women said they were randomly punched in the face and head on the streets of New York City.
Pichardo told WABC that the suspect randomly punched her in the face as she was walking on Grand Avenue near Dean Street in Brooklyn around 5 p.m. on March 26. That’s what it means.
“He hit me on the right side here, very strong,” Pichardo said. told WPIX-TVhe added. I said, “What’s going on?” Why did you hit me? why did you do that? ‘I didn’t do anything. There’s no reason to hit me. ”
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She told WPIX that her attacker didn’t say anything.
Pichar suffered multiple fractures to his face, his mouth was wired shut and he was expected to drink through a straw for six weeks, WABC reported. WABC added that Pisciardo suffered permanent damage to his lower lip and three of his teeth were knocked out and may require surgery.
Pichardo, a school bus aide, was walking home from work just down the road from his home when he was beaten by the attacker, WABC reported.
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Her brother owns a restaurant across the street from where she lives. He and his employees pursued the suspect.
Johan Flores said when he confronted the suspect, he stood cold and emotionless. The suspect denied attacking Pichardo.
Picardo’s brother and an employee followed the suspect for several blocks and prevented him from escaping until police arrived.
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