An individual who was arrested for raping a woman with a knife in Brooklyn in December, while his accomplice was pulling a knife on two other women, he was placed on supervised release due to a technicality.
Identified as Mohammed Izzeddin22, was arrested on December 28 and accused by authorities of rape and a series of other crimes, including robbery and false imprisonmentwas released earlier this week.
A judge found that prosecutors did not file an indictment in timepolice sources and Izzeddin’s lawyer from Brooklyn said. He is accused of breaking into a store near 9th Avenue and Avenue and 59th Street on December 23 around 6:00 in the afternoon and raping a 49-year-old woman of Asian descentaccording to local reports.
Your partner in crime, Mohammed Alwi25, from Canarsie, also He was arrested and charged with rape and other crimes. Alwi allegedly showed a knife to keep two other people inside the business “under control”the police explained.
However, Izzeddin is now free after his defense attorneyLance Lazarus, allege before a judge that the district attorney failed to meet the six-day deadline to file an indictment.
Under New York State law, the District Attorney’s Office must file an indictment no later than six days after someone is taken into custody.
Likewise, if the arrest was made before 9:00 in the morning of a certain date, the legislation establishes that the date of technical detention is the previous day.
Izzeddin was arrested on December 28 around 3:00 a.m., but was not charged until 1:00 p.m.so the six-day period ended for prosecutors and the judge agreed.
“He ruled that there was a violation, so he had no choice but to release him under [su propia responsabilidad] or supervised release,” Lazzaro said.
“So he chose supervised release. At that moment his hands are tied.”
The New York Police Department (NYPD) told Fox News what The two suspects were accused of sexual abuse, forcible touching, threats, assault and harassment.
So far it has not been clarified why prosecutors waited so long to file charges.
The victim recounted her terrible experience.
“When I opened the door, the bad guy hit me hard in the face.“said the woman through a translation app a few days after the incident. “I was afraid of hurting the other two girls, so I opened the door for her.“.
“I am slowly adapting. I think next time I’ll see a psychiatrist.“.
Furthermore, he said that both Izzeddin and Alwi They robbed the women of nearly $300 dollars.
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