 [NYPOST] A Bronx teen who’s been lionized by bail-reform advocates was busted in an armed robbery that left one of two victims with a gash on his face that needed 15 stitches.
Pedro Hernandez, 19, and three unidentified accomplices approached the male victims around 7 a.m. Sunday in an industrial area of the Bronx, just south of the Cross Bronx Expressway, according to court papers.
Hernandez allegedly said, "Oh, you want problems," before swinging a knife at one victim and slashing the other on the left side of his face.
One of Hernandez’s cronies repeatedly bashed the first victim with a silver-colored baseball bat, while the other two stripped him of a black Gucci watch and gold chain, court papers say.
Hernandez was charged with multiple counts of first-degree robbery, first-degree assault and related crimes, and was ordered held on $15,000 bail at his arraignment, officials said.
In 2017, the arrest-prone teen became a cause celebre for critics of the criminal justice system when he chose to remain locked up on Rikers Island rather than accept a no-jail plea bargain in a Bronx shooting because he claimed he was innocent.
He spent more than a year behind bars until the RFK Human Rights group posted his $100,000 bail.
Bronx DA Darcel Clark later dropped his case, saying that a witness had stopped cooperating and that initial information turned out to be "inconsistent and contradictory."
In December, Hernandez had been slated to meet former President Barack Obama
How much damage could he do in four years?... Eight, then ...
at the RFK foundation’s annual gala, but missed the event because he got busted while allegedly driving a BMW with stolen license plates while his license was suspended. 
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