Controversial bail reform springs serial robbery suspect — who then pulls off fifth heist

New York Post ^ | January 11, 2020 | Larry Celona, Ben Feuerherd and Ruth Weissmann

[grundle]

He’s laughing all the way to the next bank.

A John Dillinger wannabe is on the loose thanks to lax bail laws that set him free despite his arrest in connection to four Manhattan bank robberies.

Sprung on Thursday, he promptly robbed a fifth bank, in Brooklyn, on Friday, law enforcement sources told The Post.

So cops spent Saturday hunting once again for fugitive Gerod Woodberry, who allegedly pulled four heists at Chase banks in Chelsea, the Upper West Side and the West Village between Dec. 30 and Jan. 8.

Because Woodberry allegedly robbed using a note, rather than a gun, no New York jail can currently hold him, no matter how many times he strikes.

His alleged grand larcenies are classified as non-violent felonies. And under the bail reform law that took effect Jan. 1, most non-violent felonies — including bank robberies carried out without a weapon — are no longer bail eligible, meaning no judge can order him held pending trial.

Should cops pinch Woodberry on the fifth alleged heist, he’ll only be sprung again.

The insanity of the new law clearly wasn’t lost on the prime suspect.

“I can’t believe they let me out,” Woodberry marveled as he retrieved his vouchered property at One Police Plaza in lower Manhattan, sources told The Post. “What were they thinking?”

NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea voiced his frustration after The Post broke Woodberry’s story online Saturday.

“What motivation does this suspect have to return to court? None,” Shea tweeted.

[antidemoncrat]

New York City....a great place not to live....unless you are a criminal.

[Hegemony Cricket]

Maybe the next bank he tries to rob with a note will be wise and will kick his @$$ to the curb...

[PIF]

In NYC, and soon other places, crime will pay.

[A strike]

Callforniai taking lessons.

What a marvelous world Dem/leftists live in: Crime Pays !

[C210N]

robbed using a note, rather than a gun...

Presumably, the note didn't mis-spell that he has a gub.

[DoughtyOne]

bail reform - anarchy

[a fool in paradise]

/ shocked face

[a fool in paradise]

UnEqual prosecution under the law is what it is

it’s a get out of jail free card for certain individuals

[yesthatjallen]

According to Social Justice Advocates there is no such thing as a criminal. There are only people who make mistakes and those driven to crime because as minorities, they're victims of an unfair and racist criminal justice system.

So if we treat them nicely, they'll turn their lives around.

It's that simple!

[Oatka]

Because Woodberry allegedly robbed using a note,

I'd love to see some bank teller pass a pre-wrtten note back to him: "There is a hidden shotgun pointed at your gut. DON'T look down. Place the palms of your hands on the counter and wait for the police, who have been summoned."

If all goes right, all they would have to do is remove the brown stains from in front of the teller's window. If it doesn't, the guy doesn't get the money.