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| NYC ex-con with over 200 arrests and open cases in 4 boroughs was free to lead cops on wild stolen-car chase: NYPD |
| 2023-08-28 |
| [NYP] A paroled ex-con with more than 200 busts on his rap sheet and open criminal cases in four boroughs was free to allegedly lead cops on a wild stolen car chase that left two officers injured last week, The Post has learned. Joshua Padilla, 29, managed to duck jail despite more than a half-dozen criminal cases hanging over his head — while on parole following a three-year stint in state prison on a grand larceny conviction, sources said. "It’s like he’s Teflon," one law enforcement source said. "Arrest, jail, prison — none of it means anything to him. That’s what we’re up against." But the career criminal — described by the source as "human carnage on wheels" — had his luck run out Tuesday, finally getting locked up following the driving rampage in which he allegedly tried to evade cops by jumping off a 15-foot overpass and stealing an idling van he eventually crashed into an NYPD cruiser. "A vehicle w/ stolen plates entering NYC didn’t stop for highway patrol," the NYPD said in a Wednesday post titled "Wanted & riding dirty." "So @NYPD33Pct cops & detectives assisted in tracking & catching a career criminal w/ 200+ prior arrests & 7 warrants after stealing a getaway car that didn’t get him very far." |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #2 200+ arrests. They should laminate his booking paperwork. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2023-08-28 20:13 |
| #1 Racism…. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2023-08-28 15:33 |