A man who was reportedly charged for attacking an undercover New York Police Department cop has now been released without any form of bail.
The suspect was identified by local media outlets as 32-year-old Richard Hernandez who possessed three charges relating to hate crime under his belt for the attack. Moreover, the cop’s identity still remains anonymous but it is confirmed how the incident took place on a train platform in Long Island City on Saturday, around 5:30 pm in the afternoon.
Meanwhile, cops mentioned how the suspect was guilty of attempting to shove one Asian cop who worked undercover onto the Queen’s subways rail lines.point 256 |
However, he was reportedly cut loose of his bail on Sunday, with reports confirming how the judge mentioned that his ‘hands were tied’ and hence couldn’t do anything in the matter.point 168 | 1
32-year-old Richard Hernandez also had one of his summons relating to an open container dismissed by the court, during the same time.
As far as Hernandez’s arraignment was concerned, the Queens Supreme Court spoke about how Justice Nock termed that the state’s rules relating to bail reforms and the measures that surround it barred him from keeping the suspect behind bars.
“My hands are absolutely tied because with the new bail regulations in place, I carry no authority whatsoever towards setting up a new bail over this particular defendant and this particular offense,” mentioned the judge for the case.
As the new rules were passed last year, the attacks caused no injury exemption from the bail in the vicinity of New York.
At the same time, the judge for the case went on to agree with the suspect’s lawyer towards the dismissal of an arrest warrant against this particular suspect, relating to his open-container summons too.
While leaving the court, the suspect was reportedly questioned over his actions by the media. However, he refused to comment on the incident by stating boldly, “I simply do not wish to talk about this.”