Robber with 59 arrests released again and again without bail

The robbery suspect went through a round of arrests and avoided jail again this week for yet another robbery, police said. Moreover, she was caught at the crime scene 59 times, reports New York Post.

Nicole Green, 46, a serial purse thief, was arrested on February 7 on charges of robbery, was released by a Manhattan judge the same day. District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office has asked for a supervised release, The Post has learned.

The latest charges came just days after she managed to evade prison on Feb. 3 for violating the terms of her release in another robbery case because she missed a court-scheduled hearing.

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The system's failure to put Green in jail angered law enforcement officials.

“This is crazy,” said a Brooklyn cop. “The public is at risk.”

“The only thing that surprises me is that she waited two days to commit another robbery,” the source added.

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The Manhattan cop also expressed his dissatisfaction: “Did I miss something? She doesn't show up for the hearing, so they give her another chance? It is time for the courts to realize that some people cannot be trusted to turn up if there are no penalties.”

"I'd rather tell her to stop robbing people," another Manhattan cop said.

Cops say Greene has a 27-year criminal record

Greene's last arrest was on February 7, when she hit a woman on a subway car bound for Queens, grabbed her purse and took money from her purse, police said. She was charged with third-degree robbery.

But that night, Greene was released without bail on the condition that she did not use the subway.

This was just days after she was brought in on a warrant for missing a meeting on Feb. 3 on charges of the November subway robbery.

The DA's office did not ask for bail, and Greene was released.

Green was arrested again last month on charges of second-degree robbery for fighting with a woman in a subway car at Lexington Avenue and 63rd Street and theft her purse.

According to a spokesman for the district attorney's office Manhattan Alvin Bragg, prosecutors asked for $25 bail, but the judge ordered her release.

While New York's bail reform law of 2019 made non-violent felony offenses such as third-degree robbery ineligible for cash bail, a 2020 law amendment gave judges the power to set bail in cases such as the Green case. when a suspected criminal is awaiting trial in another case.

The detainee appeared in Manhattan Criminal Court on February 9 and was allowed to remain at large.

Green's lawyer, Glenn Hardy, told The Post that his client is hoping for a "acquittal" in court. She is due back in court on March 2 and remains under supervision.

“The client has complete confidence in the criminal justice system,” Hardy said.