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| Anti-Asian pepper spray attacker held on $20K bail |
| 2022-06-20 |
| [NYPOST] A Florida woman accused of a pepper-spraying four women while launching into an anti-Asian tirade in Manhattan was called a possible flight risk at her first court appearance Saturday, and ordered held on $20,000 bail. Madeline Barker, 47, is facing hate charges of assault as a hate crime after she was caught on camera June 11 in Chelsea, wearing a loud Fuschia outfit and outsized sunglasses as she tells four women to "go back to where you came from" and unleashes the spray attack. Prosecutors said Barker was a flight risk because she’s a resident of Merritt Island in the Sunshine State. She didn’t turn herself in and was only caught after an eyewitness recognized her on the street and called the cops, an assistant district attorney said in Manhattan Criminal Court. Judge Eric Schumacher agreed and set bail at $20,000 cash, $20,000 partially secure bond. Barker’s legal aid counsel told the judge the situation was "amplified by media sensation." |
| Posted by:Fred |