NYC: The cops are jokes, the courts are jokes, and yet New Yorkers still won't admit the joke's on them — just watch who they vote back in this November
/Attempted murder suspect strolls out of Bronx police station while being booked.
An attempted-murder suspect leisurely jogged through a Bronx NYPD station house Monday during his caught-on-video escape, according to cops and police sources.
The 23-year-old suspect – identified by police sources as Edurado Lacen – pushed a detective who had been processing him at the 40th Precinct station house on Alexander Avenue near East 138th Street in Mott Haven around 1:30 p.m., then fled, authorities said.
Footage obtained by The Post shows him trotting out of the precinct uncuffed, with a detective at the same sauntering pace trailing behind him.
The suspect — who was initially cuffed in connection to a non-fatal shooting – was still on the loose Tuesday morning, cops said.
Silly boy; if he’d just been patient, he’d have been out in just a couple of hours, like this guy:
Thefts in the city’s transit system have shot up nearly 90% so far this year, cops said Tuesday — the same day they announced busting an alleged serial subway pickpocket, only to watch him freed by a judge.
Grand larcenies on Big Apple subways and buses have jumped 88.9% – from 342 to 646 incidents – year to date compared to the same period in 2022, the troubling new statistics show.
Overall major transit crime — including rapes, robberies and felony assaults — increased 52% in the same period, mirroring the city’s general trend, according to data released Monday.
The dismal figures come as police crowed on Twitter on Tuesday that they busted accused serial pickpocket Dedrick Williams, 53, a day earlier for committing three more grand larcenies in the transit system.
“Caught & arrested again!” the NYPD tweeted. “Yesterday, @NYPDTransit Public Safety officers arrested a known pickpocket recidivist. This is the man’s 11th Grand Larceny arrest this year alone. Our officers will remain resilient in addressing subway crimes & our commitment is unwavering.”
But while the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office recommended bail at $30,000 cash for Williams … a judge let him out on supervised release, officials said.