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A man arrested for trying to rape a woman in a Brooklyn train station earlier this week was in jail for almost a year before the state’s new bail reform laws allowed him to go free and commit more crimes, the Daily News has learned.
Ex-con and repeat offender Arjun Tyler, 20, was arrested late Friday for beating and sexually assaulting a 31-year-old woman at the 95th St. station in Bay Ridge last week, as well as several thefts he allegedly committed in recent days.
Tyler had been sitting in a holding cell on Rikers Island — unable to pay $20,000 bail on a series of crimes he allegedly committed back in 2018 — until Dec. 19. His case was reviewed under the state’s new bail reform laws and he was set free, court documents and sources with knowledge of the case said.
As soon as he stepped out of jail, cops grabbed him in connection with a robbery he allegedly committed in Sunset Park, Brooklyn in 2018, but the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office deferred prosecution as it sought to collect more evidence.
On Monday, Tyler, wearing a ski mask, trailed his latest victim into the bathroom at the 95th St. station around 10:15 a.m.
Set free to rape: Suspect busted in train station sex assault was freed through state’s new bail reform laws
That's horrific. Shouldn't have attached criminal justice reform to a budget bill to avoid scrutiny. Perhaps those wonderful elected officials should have actually read it.
Ex-con and repeat offender Arjun Tyler, 20, was arrested late Friday for beating and sexually assaulting a 31-year-old woman at the 95th St. station in Bay Ridge last week, as well as several thefts he allegedly committed in recent days.
Tyler had been sitting in a holding cell on Rikers Island — unable to pay $20,000 bail on a series of crimes he allegedly committed back in 2018 — until Dec. 19. His case was reviewed under the state’s new bail reform laws and he was set free, court documents and sources with knowledge of the case said.
As soon as he stepped out of jail, cops grabbed him in connection with a robbery he allegedly committed in Sunset Park, Brooklyn in 2018, but the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office deferred prosecution as it sought to collect more evidence.
On Monday, Tyler, wearing a ski mask, trailed his latest victim into the bathroom at the 95th St. station around 10:15 a.m.
Set free to rape: Suspect busted in train station sex assault was freed through state’s new bail reform laws
That's horrific. Shouldn't have attached criminal justice reform to a budget bill to avoid scrutiny. Perhaps those wonderful elected officials should have actually read it.
