NYC repeat offenders terrorize streets as DA Bragg prosecuted Trump

Repeat offenders in New York City continue to be given opportunities to terrorize them, with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg spending most of his time prosecuting the president. Donald Trump.

From a man with at least 134 arrests to a manslaughter suspect receiving a reduced prison sentence, repeat offenders in… New York City They get chance after chance to get back on the streets to break more laws, thanks to District Attorney Alvin Bragg and the state’s bail reform law.

In a “day one” memo to staff, Bragg directed his office to “minimize pretrial detention” except in “extremely serious cases.” After taking office in 2021, Bragg downgraded 52% of felony cases to misdemeanors, according to data released in November 2022 by his office.

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1. Clive Porter

A man who previously had more than 50 arrests has been arrested after he attacked four people on the same day.

Clive Porter, 33 years old A man was arrested Wednesday after he punched a 45-year-old man in the face, causing him to fall onto subway lines in lower Manhattan.

Porter allegedly yelled at the victim before running away, according to officials. According to the New York Post, authorities linked Porter to four attacks that occurred earlier in the day. One of these attacks resulted in a 72-year-old man suffering a broken nose.

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Clive Porter has been charged with alleged assault as a hate crime, reckless endangerment and harassment, according to the New York Post. (Obtained by New York Post)

He was charged with assault as a hate crime, reckless endangerment and harassment, according to the report.

Porter’s list of criminal activities includes 61 felonies and 24 misdemeanors, The Washington Post reported. Porter was also arrested on October 14 after punching a victim in the face and threatening him with a knife.

Alvin Bragg’s office recommended supervised release because the major charge, misdemeanor assault, is not eligible for bail.

Clive Porter is accused of beating a stranger inside the Bowery and Delancey Street subway station in lower Manhattan, causing the victim to fall onto the New York City subway tracks on October 29, 2025, according to the New York Post. (google maps)

2. Jaya Cruz

24 year old Jaya Cruz He pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter Charges in the January fatal stabbing of U.S. Postal Carrier Ray Hodge III that occurred during an altercation.

Cruz is scheduled to serve 15 years in prison after agreeing to a plea deal from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office, which also reduced his second-degree murder charge to first-degree manslaughter.

According to New York PostCruz had a “history of knife violence” that included resisting arrest, threatening another person with a box cutter, and burglary at knifepoint.

Hodge’s mother, Ada Rice, said Cruz stabbed her son seven times.

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24-year-old Jaya Cruz was arrested. She was handcuffed and transported by the NYPD from the 28th Precinct after being accused of stabbing a USPS postal worker to death at a deli while he was working in Harlem. (Kyle Mazza/Ceiba/Imagine)

“She showed no remorse at first. She said she was happy when she stabbed him,” Rice told Fox News Digital. “She stabbed him. She kept stabbing him. She didn’t stab him once, she stabbed him seven times. She said he was going to be food for maggots. She enjoyed it. She told another reporter she hated black men.”

She said the lenient plea deal sends a message to other criminals.

“They are setting an example that it is okay to kill,” she told Fox News Digital. “It will come home very quickly, because even though it says 15 on the paper, they will never spend 15 years, so they won’t think twice about it.”

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The Manhattan District Attorney is running for re-election during the 2025 cycle. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

3. Michael Wilson

37-year-old Michael Wilson, who has had more than 230 arrests, was arrested back in June after he allegedly rode between train cars and lied about his personal information when asked by officers, according to the Daily Mail. mail.

In May, Wilson was arrested on charges of smoking marijuana on the subway, according to police.

Wilson was arrested in February for allegedly punching a subway rider through a turnstile and got paid for it. When officers searched his body, they allegedly found six Metro cards.

Despite the lengthy charging sheet, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office chose not to prosecute Wilson “in the interest of justice.”

One of the crimes Wilson was previously convicted of was violent, according to the report.

4. Harold Gooding

A man the Democratic mayor called “Criminal No. 1.” Eric AdamsHarold Gooding, who has been arrested at least 134 previously on charges such as grand larceny, drug possession, armed robbery and burglary, has been released on bail repeatedly.

In one case, on March 28, after his release from Rikers, Gooding was accused of stealing 30 bottles of vitamins in Manhattan valued at $1,511, Insider reported. mail.

In April, he was accused of stealing cleaning supplies and three pairs of glasses from the same store. He was charged with grand larceny, criminal possession of stolen property and two counts of petit larceny.

However, not all of the charges were eligible for bail due to the state’s 2019 no-bail law, resulting in Gooding returning to the streets.

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New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch announced multiple “heinous attacks” against NYPD officers in a post on X. (Jenna Moon/Reuters)

Without naming the prosecutors, New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch harshly criticized city prosecutors in February.

“Before they could even finish that paperwork, their criminal was back on the street, immediately back to the neighborhood and the people they had just sacrificed,” Tesh said. “It is frustrating, unsustainable, and defies common sense.”

Fox News Digital has reached out to Bragg’s office for comment.

Fox News Digital’s Michael Dorgan, Julia Bonavita and Michael Ruiz contributed to this report.