NYC homeless man with nearly two dozen arrests slashes church volunteer — then gets freed over DA ob

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NYC homeless man with nearly two dozen arrests slashes church volunteer — then gets freed over DA objections: officials
Story by Joe Marino, Amanda Woods • 16h

An unhinged homeless man with 20 prior arrests slashed an Upper East Side church volunteer on the arm with a boxcutter — and the suspect is already back on the street, authorities said Tuesday.

Alleged violent suspect Frank Fernandez, 64, tried to get into the bathroom at the Church of St. Catherine of Siena on East 68th Street around 6:45 p.m. Saturday when the 63-year-old volunteer told him he couldn’t use it, cops and prosecutors said.

Fernandez is a known trouble-maker who had already been banned from the church’s premises, according to a criminal complaint.
 

The volunteer was performing janitorial work at the time, and the church was about 15 minutes away from closing, officials added.

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The DA is correct.  The old coot feels safer in the slammer than on the street, and with decisions like this it is easy to understand.  How does he get to where he feels safe (jail)?  By slashing an innocent person.  If the legal "brains" aren't careful, he's going to murder someone so he doesn't have to go through the same nonsense again.