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Here we go again. A career criminal who was charged with slugging a female NYPD cop and was cut loose after a Bronx judge lowered his bail has been charged in another assault — a random attack on a woman in Times Square. Ernst Delma, 41, who has a string of busts on his rap sheet, was able to post bail in October after Bronx Judge Brenda Rivera clipped his $200,000 bond to just $80,000 — which meant he only needed to come up with $8,000 to end up back on the streets, records show. On Saturday, police said, Delma...

Female NYPD officer left bloodied after she’s punched in the face by repeat offender, leading to wild caught-on-camera arrestA repeat offender on probation allegedly punched an NYPD officer so hard that she fell to the ground before other cops pounced on the violent suspect on a Bronx sidewalk Thursday evening in a caught-on-camera arrest. Ernst Delma, 41, slugged the female officer in the face when she tried to break up an argument between him and a group of kids around 7:10 p.m. on the corner of Rosedale and Randall avenues, authorities and law enforcement sources said. Footage captured by a...