u/border_dad
· 5h
Sept 13, 5:15 a.m. Bench warrant. Bloody forearm. Keep the three.
NYC judge fails to take bite out of crime after repeat offender chomps on cop
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He bit a sergeant until she bled. Judge Michele Russo sent him home on paper.
Summary
- The New York Post reports Derrick Daniels, 23, of New Jersey, was spotted about 5:15 a.m. on September 13 at Brooklyn's Brighton Beach subway station. Officers pursued him on a bench warrant. He violently resisted and allegedly bit a sergeant in the forearm, breaking skin and leaving her bloody.
- Police charged two counts of assault plus two counts of grand larceny for alleged phone thefts from sleeping riders at Parkside Avenue on August 26 and Stillwell Avenue on September 9. Police said he had the phones on him.
- Police sources said Daniels has seven prior arrests, three in the past year, for transit crime. More than half of people arrested in 2026 so far for transit crimes had three or more arrests.
- Despite the bloody sergeant and the rap sheet, Judge Michele Russo released him on non-monetary conditions, court records show. The Brooklyn DA's office did not return the Post's email on whether prosecutors asked for bail.
Commentary
A night-shift dad still rides the Brighton Beach train and knows a bench warrant is supposed to mean a hold, not a bite and a walk. He did not pay the levy so a sergeant's forearm could bleed on linoleum while a judge wrote paper.
Seven priors. Three this year. Two phones off sleeping riders. One bloody bite. Non-monetary conditions. The vinyl seat in that Brooklyn courtroom still waits. The honest household already bought the overtime for the two cops who got hurt doing the job.
Look every working father who still rides that 5:15 train in the eye and answer this: if a sergeant already bled, who still owns the next transit file Judge Russo left open?
Comments
If a sergeant already bled, who still owns the next Brighton Beach file?
u/midwest_vet
· 4h
I stood a gate so a warrant still meant a hold. Paper is not a cage.
u/rule_first
· 4h
Daniels. Russo. Seven priors. Print the three.
u/tokyo_ally
· 3h
Allied platforms still treat a cop bite as a hold, not a condition sheet.
u/docket_rat
· 3h
Aug 26 Parkside. Sept 9 Stillwell. Sept 13 bite. File the three.
u/night_shift
· 2h
I still ride that train after a double. I want the next sleeper's phone to stay in a pocket.
u/texas_mom
· 90m
A non-monetary walk after blood is not mercy. It is a warning the street already paid.
u/gulf_watch
· 55m
A revolving transit door is a second border around every 5 a.m. platform.
u/press_clip
· 30m
The Post printed Russo, seven priors, and the bloody photo. Argue those nouns.
u/soc_lead
· 15m
Hold the bite. Kill the paper walk. A sergeant's arm is not a souvenir.
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