Exclusive | NYC thief with 150 busts and taste for Target candles arrested again, but quickly freed: Makes no sense
A sticky-fingered career thief who’s been nabbed by cops nearly 150 times is back on the streets again despite a new batch of heists — because state law won’t allow him to be held on bail.Shaquan Seth, 40, whose rap sheet includes busts for burglary, larceny and drugs, was only out of Rikers Island for six days after a five-month stint behind bars before he was allegedly at it again — and now he’s being charged with five more thefts in Queens, law enforcement sources told The Post.On Friday, he was cut loose again because the state’s criminal justice system bans judges from setting bail on non-violent crimes like petty larceny and burglary.“It makes no sense,” one source said.
“He just did six months for the same crime, and now he gets released without bail?”Seth, whose rap sheet dates to 2009, has a history of unhinged behavior, and bizarrely sported a Super Mario Bros.T-shirt in his latest police mugshot.He is now facing new robbery and burglary charges for five new alleged incidents between June 17 — less than a week after his stint in jail — and Aug.
5, with the ill-gotten loot including $600 worth of Threshold candles, which he seems to have an affinity for.A rep for the Queens District Attorney’s Office said Wednesday that the charges are not bail eligible under state law.Seth, who is last known to have been living in the Bronx, has been particularly fond of shoplifting at a Target department store on Jackson Avenue in Queens, including snatching more than $600 worth of candles during his latest heist, according to records and sources.On Aug.5, the sticky-fingered thief allegedly swiped the candles from the Jackson Avenue Targe and walked out without paying — then threatened to shoot a young female clerk who tried to stop him, sources said.He didn’t display a weapon.His latest alleged crime spree came after he was released from jail on June 11 after serving five months for a November robbery and burglary case, the records show....