Diverted from prison to be free to murder a cop. Imagine how many other people this judge with her standards also ‘diverted’ and went on to more crime that we don’t even know about.
Via NY Post:
Accused cop-killer Tyrone Howard was back before a familiar face Thursday — the very Manhattan judge who blew a chance to take the career criminal off the streets.
In a glaring example of “too little, too late,” Supreme Court Justice Patricia Nuñez didn’t utter a peep about the sweetheart deal she gave the reputed gang member, sentencing him to rehab instead of prison following his guilty plea to a drug charge in May.
The timing of the brief hearing couldn’t have been more poignant, coming less than two days after Howard allegedly shot Police Officer Randolph Holder dead in East Harlem.
Nuñez just noted the ex-con’s lawyer called to say he couldn’t attend the hearing, which was hastily scheduled following Howard’s arrest a day earlier for the shooting of the third-generation cop.
“In any event, I’m ordering a pre-sentence report for sentencing. This case is adjourned to Nov. 12 for sentence, and he is remanded at this time,” the judge said.
The proceeding lasted less than five minutes, most of which was taken up by Howard hobbling into and out of court with a cane.
Howard, 30, was shot in the buttocks by Holder’s partner after opening fire on the cop while fleeing a Tuesday-night gunfight with a rival drug dealer in East Harlem, police said.