Exclusive | Notorious bail-hating NYC judge releases gunman charged with shooting helpless service dog

A notorious soft-on-crime Brooklyn judge is at it again — refusing to set bail for the gun-wielding thug accused of trying to kill another man and wounding a service dog, The Post has learned.Brooklyn Criminal Court Judge Janice Robinson has already gained a rep for going easy on accused criminals, and remained true to form Tuesday when she released alleged gunman Adrian Benitez at his arraignment.Benitez, 29, was hit with attempted murder and a slew of other felony charges after he was nabbed for last week’s brazen broad daylight shooting in Greenwood Heights.The creep allegedly opened fire during a spat with another man, and the stray bullet struck Honey, a 7-year-old Labradoodle service dog for a woman with Down syndrome, according to a police.Prosecutors in the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office had asked that Benitez be held on a $150,000 bail — but Robinson instead released him with only a promise that he’d return to court for his next hearing in three months, according to law enforcement sources.“We’re not talking about somebody who shoplifts shampoo from a drug store,” one frustrated source fumed Wednesday.“This is another individual with shots fired, charged with attempted murder, a bullet missing it’s intended target, luckily, only injuring an innocent dog,” they said.“Does it have to be a child in a stroller next time?”The source also darkly quipped, “well at least this judge is consistent.”Robinson’s bail-halting ways were revealed by The Post in an exclusive report on Sunday.The lefty judge, a Democrat elected to the bench last year after two decades as a lawyer for insurance companies, has consistently set no or minimal bail for defendants before her, a review of the cases found.Of the 13 cases examined by The Post, eight defendants were able to breeze out of court without bail, including two charged with attempted murder, while the remaining five faced low bail that they were able to post.The Office of Court Administr...

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Publisher: New York Post

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