In yet another sign that Mayor Bill de Blasio’s minions used the pandemic as an excuse to chase their empty-the-jails agenda, it turns out that about 10 percent of inmates released out of coronavirus fears have been arrested again — some multiple times.
Out of the roughly 2,500 inmates let go from the city’s largest jail, cops have ID’d 250 as committing new crimes — 450 new crimes, per NYPD data obtained by The Post.
And that’s just those who were caught.
Like Ronaldo Lewis, arrested (20 days after his “compassionate” release) for breaking into the hotel room of a doctor and swiping $11,000 worth of various items.
Or Jonathan Martinez, who since he was sprung on March 16 has allegedly: hurled bricks through bodega windows, wielded a box-cutter to rob people of cellphones and stolen food from high-end groceries in Manhattan.
Or Seth Shaquan — a Bronx man with more than 30 arrests on domestic calls and nearly 60 misdemeanor convictions, according to sources, who allegedly broke into and robbed his ex-girlfriend’s apartment after being corona-sprung.
“Nobody is going into Rikers, and everyone is coming out,” a source told The Post. No wonder crime rates are climbing up.