New York’s no bail policy lets bank robber continue his craft – IOTW Report

New York’s no bail policy lets bank robber continue his craft

DailyMailUK:


Thief who robbed four banks is FREED on New York’s no-bail policy – then knocks over another bank 24 hours after shouting ‘I can’t believe they let me out’

  • Gerold Woodberry, 42, is alleged to have robbed banks in New York’s Midtown Manhattan, Harlem, West Village and the Upper West Side, since December 30
  • He was accused of passing notes to tellers and got away with $1,000 twice before cops on patrol nabbed him on Thursday
  • But he was released under the city’s new ‘no bail law,’ which doesn’t require bail to hold a suspect accused of non-violent felonies, including robbery
  • ‘I can’t believe they let me out,’ sources said he boasted as he left the New York Police Department’s headquarters. ‘What were they thinking?’
  • Woodberry was then alleged to have robbed a fifth bank on Friday in Downtown Brooklyn, and the police have asked the public’s help in finding him

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13 Comments on New York’s no bail policy lets bank robber continue his craft

  1. My grandmother told me the story of when she was a little girl. Long story short- some guy who’s claim to fame was he ran with Pretty Boy Floyd set up shop in Oklahoma. Told his girlfriend he was going to rob a bank and she blabed and on the day of the robbery they took all the kids out of school and set them up where they could see the bank. Pretty Boy Floyd’s flunky rolled into town with his crew and they were all shot dead in the street. I think the idea was for the kids to get a ‘field trip’ type day with a moral lesson of ‘thou shalt not steal even though there is a great depression going on’.

    Too bad that flunky was born in the wrong place and time. Had he been born 20 years ago in N.Y. city he could have a long and prosperous life.

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