New York City's most prolific criminal! Serial thief with 167 arrests appears in court after he was caught stealing 48 items worth $430 from Rite Aid - and is denied bail for the first time

Daily Mail UK ^ | August 12, 2022 | Stephen M. Lepore

[Morgana]

New York City's most prolific criminal, with 167 arrests on his record, appeared in court Thursday after being caught stealing 48 items worth $450 from an Upper East Side Rite Aid.

DailyMail.com cameras were at Manhattan Supreme Court as Jamel Pringle, 39, was notably denied bail for the first time on Thursday despite New York's woke bail reform laws.

Police had previously joked that, due to the controversial laws that only offered bail for serious offenses, Pringle had amassed 'frequent flier miles', according to the New York Post.

A New York judge had at last required him to make bail in February, saying 'It would take me all day to go through this rap sheet' under a new amendment to the law allowing repeat offenders to be assigned bail.

Pringle has one felony conviction, 88 misdemeanors and another 39 citations for failing to appear in court.

The next closest offender in New York City has just 101 arrests.

In February, Pringle was arrested on an early Monday morning for taking 48 items worth over $430 from a Rite Aid on Second Avenue near East 96th Street on New York City's Upper East Side.

Pringle's greatest hits include a February ticket for petty theft and public lewdness for being caught exposing himself at a CVS.

[nickcarraway]

I thought by law in New York alleded criminals are released without bail?

[Angelino97]

39 citations for failing to appear in court.

Seriously? I've a summons to appear for Jury Duty. It comes with all sorts of Warnings if I ignore it. And I assume that, being a white citizen, they will indeed come after me if I fail to appear.

[pepsionice]

Normal county in Tennessee....if you missed one appearance, the deputies would come to fetch you, and you’d have a lot of explaining to do.

[Gay State Conservative]

There's a bus that runs between Boston and NYC that has seats for $1 each way. You have to book far in advance to get that fare...which is what I do. So I occasionally take a day trip to NYC because it's an exciting city. But no way would I live there...but I wouldn't mind living in Alpine,NJ or in certain towns in Fairfield County,CT.

[BobL]

“I thought by law in New York alleded criminals are released without bail?”

I think that’s what the tweaks addressed. If you’re considered a repeat offender (over 100 arrests), then you can be held in jail for a short time, before being released.

[Tommy Revolts]

Arrested 167 times! You have got to be kidding me.

[minnesota_bound]

In California you can steal $950 every day and not go to jail.