‘Sympathetic’ prosecutors from Manhattan DA’s office lower bond to free alleged shooterBy Elizabeth Rosner, Tamar Lapin and Gabrielle Fonrouge
February 13, 2022
An attempted murder suspect accused in an Upper West Side shooting was sprung from Rikers Island thanks to “sympathetic” prosecutors from the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office who helped get his bond lowered, The Post has learned.
Darius Mungin, 20, had been locked up at the chaotic jail complex since October on charges he shot two people, including an 81-year-old apparent innocent bystander.
But he was cut loose earlier this month after prosecutors agreed to lower his bond from $500,000 to $100,000 — citing concerns for his safety following two gang assaults.
“The DA’s office seemed very sympathetic to Mungin’s situation and recognized the abuse and chaos he was suffering at Rikers,” Mungin’s lawyer Brian Kennedy said, adding that his client is “ecstatic” to be out of jail.
Kennedy had been petitioning the court to get Mungin released from Rikers after he was brutally beaten by gang members and stabbed, arguing that the Department of Correction had failed to keep him safe.
But after a lawyer for the DOC revealed Mungin had been transferred to a cushy, specialized unit, Kennedy cut a deal with the DA’s office to reduce the suspect’s bond, which was eventually put up by his father.
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2022/02/13/manhattan-da-office-lowers-bond-to-free-alleged-shooter-darius-mungin/
