Bronx judge RELEASES man, 29, who ‘smashed windows of four synagogues’ HOURS after first judge defied NYC’s bail reform laws to keep him behind bars
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9534355/Bronx-judge-ignores-state-bail-re
A New York judge has released a man suspected of vandalizing synagogues across the Bronx – just hours after another judge defied the state’s bail reform laws and ordered him locked up.
- Jordan Burnette faces 42 charges he ‘terrorized Riverdale’s Jewish community’
- New York’s bail reform dictates that if nobody was hurt in the attacks the suspect should qualify to be released
- But Bronx Judge Louis Nock classified some of the charges as ‘hate crimes’
- It saw Judge Nock impose $30,000 bail on the 29-year-old suspect
- Four synagogues in the Riverdale district of the Bronx were targeted by the rock-hurling suspect who destroyed windows and doors at the houses of worship
- The suspect also caused significant damage to the Chabad of Riverdale and Riverdale Jewish Center before returned the next night to inflict more damage
- The targeting of Jewish religious centers comes at a time when anti-Semitic hate crimes are at their highest levels in 40 years.
Jordan Burnette, 29, faces 42 charges over a string of attacks on Jewish places of worship.
He appeared in court Sunday, and was expected to be freed because New York State’s bail reform laws say a suspect with his charges cannot be held on bail.
But Bronx Judge Louis Nock classified some of the charges as ‘hate crimes’ and ordered him held on a $20,000 bail.
However, the judge’s defiance didn’t last long.
Just hours later Burnette was called back to court where another justice – Judge Tara Collins – granted him supervised release, the New York Post reports.
It was not immediately clear why Burnette was called to see another judge, or why he was granted supervised release after Judge Nock’s original decision.
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