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On 16 Mar 2022, Rudy Canoza <notgenx33@gmail.com> posted some news:wEoYJ.150012$LN2.59929@fx13.iad:

Kill him. Beat him to death with hammers. Start at the feet and
break every bone in his body until only the skull is intact. Then
bury the hammer between his eyes.

A career criminal slammed by police as “a menace to the subways” was
arrested this week for robbing a Bronx straphanger – and was caught
red-handed wearing a shirt bearing the carefree message, “Don’t Worry,
Be Happy,” police said.

Reynaldo Quinones, 32, who has 54 prior arrests – 22 of which have come
since January of 2023 – was nabbed by plainclothes cops after slashing a 42-year-old man’s jacket pocket and grabbing his phone and wallet on a southbound No. 4 train early Thursday.

Quinones was cuffed at the Woodlawn Avenue station – and while searching
him, cops found both stolen items as well as a knife, the NYPD said late Thursday.

Quinones – who was arrested just five days earlier on two counts of
burglary – was slapped with a grand larceny charge, police said.

His extensive arrest history – and his ironic choice of clothing –
caught the eye of NYPD Chief of Transit Michael Kemper.

“‘Don’t Worry, Be Happy,’ says the shirt a thief was wearing when he was
caught red-handed this morning. And why would he worry?!,” Kemper posted
on X, detailing Quinones’ rap sheet.

“But there he was, preying on yet another subway rider this morning in
the Bronx — and caught by plainclothes Transit cops with knife in hand
just seconds after cutting a victim’s pants and stealing his wallet,”
the transit chief wrote.

“Some in the criminal justice system may see this repeat felon as ‘Mr. Irrelevant’ – but not to us in the NYPD,” he said.

“This man is a menace to the subways and a threat to society, and your
cops are going to confront his criminal acts head on, no matter how many
times we have to keep arresting him on behalf of law-abiding New
Yorkers, or that is until there is accountability and consequences by
the rest of the criminal justice system.”

“New Yorkers deserve nothing less.”

Also this year, Quinones was busted on Jan. 10 and 18 for criminal
possession of a controlled substance, according to police.

He was released without bail in connection to both arrests, online
records show.

Quinones was previously arrested for grand larceny on Dec. 3 and 29,
2023, cops said.

“In the last two months he’s got three grand larceny felonies — all in transit — one of them at the same station,” Kemper told The Post in an exclusive interview.

“That underscores there’s no accountability and without consequences
there’s no deterrence to some people.”

Quinones has multiple previous raps for petit larceny – with six such
charges filed against him last June 23 alone, according to police.

He was also charged with petit larceny on August 31 and Jan. 28, 2023,
police said.

“So we’re arresting him [and] he’s out,” the transit chief added.

“This guy is the poster child for negative perception and fear in the
subway system. And if anyone is asking what your cops are doing, well,
we’ve arrested this guy 55 times.”

“The question should be: why are we arresting him 55 times — where is
the accountability?”

Thursday’s arrest did land Quinones in lock-up – with records showing
that he was ordered held on $5,001 bail or $15,001 bond during his
arraignment in Bronx Criminal Court, ahead of his next court date set
for Tuesday.

Kemper said he hopes Quinones stays behind bars, noting that he thinks
the NYPD is doing its job and the rest of the system needs to catch up.

“We are the best police department in the world, and as good as we are,
do you think this is all he’s done?” the police official said.

“So now that we got him, [there] needs to be accountability and
consequences.”

“These are felonies we are talking about: a guy with a sharp cutting instrument, cutting people’s clothes,” Kemper said.

“He’s likely to get violent.”

https://nypost.com/2024/02/16/us-news/career-criminal-known-as-menace-to- the-subways-with-more-than-50-priors-busted-in-new-nyc-transit-theft-cops
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