Shoplifter who even DA Alvin Bragg wanted locked up is let go after 122nd arrest — thanks to bail laws

Even lefty Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg needed him behind bars.

A shoplifter with 122 busts beneath his belt was launched on his personal recognizance Wednesday because of controversial bail reform legal guidelines Bragg usually defends — and the DA’s workplace informed The Submit that even prosecutors would have requested for pre-trial detention if they might.

Within the newest reported case of lax metropolis crime insurance policies run amok, accused serial shoplifter Lorenzo McLucas, 34, was nabbed for stealing from the cosmetics counter at a Duane Reade on Lexington Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, in keeping with cops and courtroom paperwork.

Bragg’s workplace informed The Submit that it will have requested McLucas be detained if it may, maintaining consistent with the DA’s current announcement that he needed to clamp down on serial shoplifters.

“We can not settle for a system the place people who shoplift time and again cycle out and in of jail, simply to shoplift once more,’’ Bragg had mentioned in a June 17 assertion — two days earlier than metropolis enterprise house owners revealed the alleged soft-on-crime DA assured them he would launch a crackdown on such thefts.  

Tremendous shoplifter Lorenzo McLucas was let go after his 122nd arrest.

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McLucas was launched on his personal recognizance due of controversial bail reform legal guidelines.

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However although the bust was McLucas’ fiftieth arrest this 12 months alone, he didn’t have every other open circumstances towards him.

Since prosecutors can solely request bail on this form of misdemeanor if the perp different circumstances pending towards him, theirs and the decide’s palms have been tied.

“It’s f- -k,ing ridiculous,’’ a veteran NYPD detective informed The Submit. “They simply preserve letting him out, and he does the identical factor once more.

“I really feel so dangerous for the individuals who personal retail shops. What’s the aim anymore?”

Data present McLucas was charged with two misdemeanors for the Tuesday afternoon crime: petit larceny for shoplifting and felony possession of a managed substance.

Authorities believed they discovered a pipe containing “crack cocaine residue” in his pocket, in keeping with his grievance.

McLucas was granted supervised launch by the decide. He has beforehand been convicted of two felonies and 29 misdemeanors. He additionally has 20 missed courtroom appearances. His court-appointed lawyer didn't instantly return a request for remark.

His arrest comes simply after Bragg introduced his plan to attempt to curb rampant shoplifting and smash-and-go robberies in partnership with enterprise teams.

This was McLucas’ fiftieth arrest this 12 months.

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A veteran of the NYPD mentioned the discharge of McLucas was “f- -k,ing ridiculous.”

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A part of Bragg’s plan contains “targeted deterrence,’’ which means his prosecutors will now ask for no less than pre-trial detention for accused thieves who've prior felony convictions, a number of open circumstances and a historical past of skipping out on courtroom dates.

Bragg’s prosecutors will even work to mixture quite a few misdemeanor prices to make them a felony, in keeping with enterprise chief Kathy Wylde.