Suspect who caught a break from Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg held on bail in sanitation worker attack
But the third-degree robbery charge that cops lodged against Hall was still reduced to petty larceny under terms of the controversial “Day One” memo that District Attorney Alvin Bragg, a Democrat, issued after he took office on Jan. 1.
Widespread outrage led Bragg to reverse that policy last week in a memo that said commercial robberies committed “at knifepoint, or by other weapon that creates a risk of physical harm, will be charged as a felony.”
But the third-degree robbery charge that cops lodged against Hall was still reduced to petty larceny under terms of the controversial “Day One” memo that District Attorney Alvin Bragg, a Democrat, issued after he took office on Jan. 1.
Widespread outrage led Bragg to reverse that policy last week in a memo that said commercial robberies committed “at knifepoint, or by other weapon that creates a risk of physical harm, will be charged as a felony.”