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Grass8989 t1_ixebk0r wrote

Person of interest in Hell's Kitchen gay bar vandalism taken into custody

Assuming another non bail eligible offense?

Edit: I guess the downvoters are okay with potential hate crimes being ignored, cool.

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PandaJ108 t1_ixkcz3s wrote

The attention got to the DA office. His court arraignment finally updated and he was held 50k Bond/5k Cash bail. Top charge is for felony criminal mischief. DA office keeping somebody in custody when the top charge is a property crime is far from the norm in regards to DA offices.

For comparison, on his misdemeanor menacing arrest from 2021 where he menace somebody with a knife he was released under supervision.

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Grass8989 t1_ixke560 wrote

About time they start taking recidivists more seriously.

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ShinyGodzilla t1_ixf80vq wrote

>HELL'S KITCHEN, Manhattan (WABC) -- A man was arrested in the serial vandalism of a gay bar in Hell's Kitchen on Tuesday morning.

>Eyewitness News exclusively captured a man entering an unmarked police van after officers spent hours inside a Hell's Kitchen apartment building where they believe he lives.

>Cops say the suspect, identified as 34-year-old Sean Kuilan, hurled a brick at the window of a gay bar in Hell's Kitchen three times in the last week.

>He has been charged with criminal possession of a weapon, criminal mischief and reckless endangerment.

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MillennialNightmare t1_ixfbsey wrote

Pretrial detention isn’t punishment for a crime considering people are innocent until proven guilty. No one is ignoring hate crimes if a person isn’t held pretrial.

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Grass8989 t1_ixfdelg wrote

Right it’s to keep obviously dangerous people away from the public

“Kuilan was arrested by the department’s warrant squad, and was also sought on a warrant in a menacing case from Sept. 2, 2021, the chief said.

Sources said he pulled a knife on the victim in that case and threatened, “Are you okay with dying?” “

https://nypost.com/2022/11/22/suspect-in-custody-in-weekend-brick-attack-at-hells-kitchen-gay-bar/amp/

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Grass8989 t1_ixkjwnr wrote

Update: they decided to hold him pretrial.

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