So they caught him and let him back out. Wtf is the point of the NYPD?
Feces attack suspect released without bail, arrested again in connection with Brooklyn hate crime
Aliza Chasan, Jay Dow, and Anthony DiLorenzo
3 days ago
NEW YORK (PIX11) — Police arrested a Bronx man on hate crime charges shortly after he was released without bail in a feces attack on the subway, officials said.
Frank Abrokwa, 37, was then released again without bail in the second case, according to a spokesperson for the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office. After his arraignment Wednesday, Abrokwa got supervised release, “which is the most restrictive option under the law.”
Abrokwa was originally arrested on Feb. 28 on charges of forcible touching, menacing, disorderly conduct and harassment. He allegedly
smeared feces on a woman’s face as she sat on a bench in the East 241st Street subway station on Feb. 21.
“S–t happens. Haha,” Abrokwa said after his arrest, according to the criminal complaint. “This is a s—ty situation. Haha.”
Abrokwa was arraigned on that case and then released without bail, but police quickly arrested him again on Tuesday around 12:15 a.m. His second arrest, on charges of harassment and menacing as a hate crime, was in connection with a Brooklyn incident.
The Bronx man allegedly spat on and made anti-Jewish statements to a victim in Brooklyn on Sep. 9. He’s accused of chasing the victim.
“Come here you f–king Jew,” he said, according to the criminal complaint. “I am going to kill you.”
The alleged hate crime and feces incident are two of just dozens of cases involving Abrokwa, sources said. He has 44 prior arrests. Several of the cases remained open, as of Wednesday.
MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber was baffled by Abrokwa ‘s release.
“I’m not a criminal justice expert but I don’t understand how someone who commits this kind of assault – which was violent, horribly victimizing a transit rider – can just walk free even when he has four other open cases against him, including two other transit assaults and a hate crime charge,” Lieber said. “It defies common sense.”