Miguel Cortez, 19 free despite two open assault cases was ordered held on $500,000 bail Friday after being charged with socking the man on the waterfront at West 158th Street and Riverside Driver in Washington Heights.
Dashawn Carter, 25, arrived at Rikers on May 5 after nine months in a psychiatric facility, according to a preliminary report by the city Board of Correction obtained by the Daily News. Rikers officials’ failures cited in the report include the cell where Carter died. The board noted that Carter’s cell had bars on a window. He wrapped a sheet to the bars and hanged himself on May 7.