[NYPOST] A 29-year-old with a lengthy arrest history was released without bail on an assault and robbery case — only to mug a 93-year-old man in Lower Manhattan a month later, according to police and court records.Ahmad Tucker was arraigned on robbery and assault charges Wednesday after his latest scrape with the law, with police reporting that he knocked the elderly victim to the ground in Lower Manhattan and stole $30 and the man’s MetroCard.The victim was counting the money outside 274 Grand St. when he was attacked on Sept. 28, according to court records.
Tucker was arraigned from the Bellevue Hospital prison ward, where he was ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation, prosecutors said.
He was already awaiting trial on an earlier robbery charge in August, records show.
In that case, Tucker is accused of grabbing a 32-year-old man at the corner of Chrystie and Rivington streets on Aug. 11 and taking his mobile phone and a pair of Apple AirPods. They were quickly nabbed by cops from the 5th Precinct.
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Prosecutors could have requested bail under state bail-reform laws since Tucker had a pending case. It was unclear why he was released.