Report: Bronx Judge Orders Alleged NYC Synagogue Vandal Released
3 May 2021
A Bronx judge reportedly ordered an alleged synagogue vandal released on supervised release Sunday, changing course regarding another jurist’s previous decision to hold him on $20,000 bail.
According to the
New York Post:
The suspect, 29-year-old Jordan Burnette, was granted supervised release by Judge Tara Collins in Bronx Criminal Court hours after he was ordered held on bail on 42 charges stemming from his alleged 11-day crime spree, said Patrice O’Shaughnessy, a spokeswoman for the Bronx District Attorney’s Office. Under New York state law, a suspect hit with Burnette’s charges cannot be held on bail.
Brooklyn DA Will Purge 90 Convictions Involving An Indicted Detective, With 100 More Expected In Manhattan
arrow Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance in February 2020 JASON SZENES/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
Last week, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced he was moving to dismiss 90 convictions involving Joseph Franco, an NYPD detective who was indicted in 2019 for lying under oath about three separate drug sales which he claimed to have witnessed. Now Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance has agreed to vacate and dismiss approximately 100 more convictions in which Franco played a key role, Gothamist/WNYC has learned.
The move comes nearly two years after Manhattan prosecutors first brought criminal charges against the former NYPD detective, after discovering video footage allegedly showing that three drug sales in Manhattan, which he swore to under oath, did not take place as he described them.
A Detective Was Accused of Lying. Now 90 Convictions May Be Erased.
The Brooklyn district attorney will move to dismiss old convictions in which a former narcotics detective, accused of perjury in Manhattan, played a key role.
Joseph Franco, a former New York Police Department detective, was charged with perjury in 2019. Credit.Jefferson Siegel for The New York Times
April 6, 2021, 8:45 p.m. ET
Over nearly two decades as a police officer and narcotics detective, Joseph E. Franco made thousands of arrests, many for the possession and sale of drugs. Mr. Franco often worked undercover, and his testimony secured convictions for prosecutors around the city.
Troy Closson, The New York Times
Published: 07 Apr 2021 12:45 PM BdST
Updated: 07 Apr 2021 12:48 PM BdST Then New York Police Department Detective Joseph Franco is escorted to his arraignment in Manhattan, April 24, 2019. The New York Times. Photo file name: us-detective-070421-01
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But officials who once relied on Franco are questioning his accounts. After he was accused of lying about drug sales that videos showed never happened, Franco was charged with perjury in Manhattan in 2019.