A disturbed repeat offender released without bail after arrests for smearing his own feces on a stranger’s face at a Bronx subway station and attacking a man wearing a yarmukle in Brooklyn has been busted again — and this time he begged police to keep him in jail or face the consequences, prosecutors said Tuesday.
“Don’t let me out again,” Frank Abrokwa warned a cop after his arrest for going berserk on workers at a Washington Heights self storage facility on Saturday, according to court documents. “What I’m going to do next is going to shock the city.”
Abrokwa finally got his wish. A judge ordered the 37-year-old homeless man held on $5,000 bail for smashing a window at Treasure Island Self Storage on W. 145th St. and screaming threats at workers there.
Employees said Abrokwa had come into the business carrying a dumbbell about 6:30 p.m. and began screaming at them, demanding a refund on a unit he apparently rented there.
He smashed a glass window and ran off. A short time later, he returned as workers were cleaning up the glass.
“I want a refund!” he screamed, according to prosecutors. “I’m leaving Monday. That’s why I broke the glass.”
Abrokwa returned the next day and again demanded his refund.
“If I don’t get my refund by Monday, I’m gonna come back here and catch a felony,” he said, according to court papers.
The business manager called police, who took Abrokwa into custody and charged him with criminal mischief and harassment.
When he was in custody, he told a cop inside the 32nd Precinct stationhouse about his plan to shock the city if let out again, court papers reveal.
During his arraignment on Monday, Manhattan Assistant District Attorney James Williams noted Abrokwa had been arrested twice in Manhattan before, on Jan. 7 and Feb. 5, both on misdemeanor assault charges that weren’t bail eligible.
State law allows for bail to be requested on class A misdemeanors — like the criminal mischief charge Abrokwa was facing — after a defendant has been released without bail on a similar crime. And so prosecutors asked that bail for Friday’s arrest be set at $5,000.
Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Michael Gaffey agreed and also ordered a psych exam.
Abrokwa is being held on Rikers Island and is expected to return to court on April 11.
On Feb. 28, Abrokwa was arrested for on a woman at a Bronx train station a week earlier. He was also accused of attacking.
No bail was set because none of the charges qualified for bail under the state’s bail reform laws.
During his arraignment for the foul smear, Abrokwa cursed at the judge and left the courthouse beneath his NBA baseball cap.
“Don’t let me out again,” Frank Abrokwa warned a cop after his arrest for going berserk on workers at a Washington Heights self storage facility on Saturday, according to court documents. “What I’m going to do next is going to shock the city.”
Abrokwa finally got his wish. A judge ordered the 37-year-old homeless man held on $5,000 bail for smashing a window at Treasure Island Self Storage on W. 145th St. and screaming threats at workers there.
Employees said Abrokwa had come into the business carrying a dumbbell about 6:30 p.m. and began screaming at them, demanding a refund on a unit he apparently rented there.
He smashed a glass window and ran off. A short time later, he returned as workers were cleaning up the glass.
“I want a refund!” he screamed, according to prosecutors. “I’m leaving Monday. That’s why I broke the glass.”
Abrokwa returned the next day and again demanded his refund.
“If I don’t get my refund by Monday, I’m gonna come back here and catch a felony,” he said, according to court papers.
The business manager called police, who took Abrokwa into custody and charged him with criminal mischief and harassment.
When he was in custody, he told a cop inside the 32nd Precinct stationhouse about his plan to shock the city if let out again, court papers reveal.
During his arraignment on Monday, Manhattan Assistant District Attorney James Williams noted Abrokwa had been arrested twice in Manhattan before, on Jan. 7 and Feb. 5, both on misdemeanor assault charges that weren’t bail eligible.
State law allows for bail to be requested on class A misdemeanors — like the criminal mischief charge Abrokwa was facing — after a defendant has been released without bail on a similar crime. And so prosecutors asked that bail for Friday’s arrest be set at $5,000.
Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Michael Gaffey agreed and also ordered a psych exam.
Abrokwa is being held on Rikers Island and is expected to return to court on April 11.
On Feb. 28, Abrokwa was arrested for on a woman at a Bronx train station a week earlier. He was also accused of attacking.
No bail was set because none of the charges qualified for bail under the state’s bail reform laws.
During his arraignment for the foul smear, Abrokwa cursed at the judge and left the courthouse beneath his NBA baseball cap.
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