Posted on 01/18/2020 8:44:56 AM PST by Libloather
An accused, six-time bank robber who’s become the face of all that’s wrong with New York’s new bail-reform law is now finally in jail - thanks to federal prosecutors, who have seized control of his case and done what no state judge was free to do.
Gerod Woodberry turned himself in at the Manhattan Criminal Court building on Centre Street around 4 p.m., Friday - 18 days after his alleged spree began.
“I’m Woodberry,” he told a court worker. “I’m the one that’s been robbing banks.”
The feds promptly scooped him up, arguing that Woodberry, 42, had been arrested, then quickly freed, last week after his fourth alleged heist, and then allegedly went on to rob two more banks.
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Isn't that line from one of Hillary's books?
Ha, it ought to be. Rich Democrats never have to pay for their crimes. Menendez is still a senator. That tells it all.
He should rob a couple more banks and go on CNN.
an arsonist in NY was arrested- let go because of the asinine no bail law, and days later raped a 14 year old girl- even liberal news papers and stations were aghast and calling hte new law asinine
On a past thread, I stated I thought that robbing a bank was a Federal crime, and wondered why this guy was walking around. Guess somebody finally woke up.
No weapons used and he gave himself up? My guess is he’s lost out in the world and wants to go back to prison, where he knows how he fits in.
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