Despite ‘his mutilating a 49-year-old man with a knife’ in Times Square, a sane New York judge releases a 28-year-old thug. Justice rejects the prosecutor’s requests to keep him behind bars.
Jesus Ramirez, age 28, is suspected of killing Guarionex Torres, age 49, in a knife fight early Friday morning near Times Square.
The two men, who are both from the Bronx, met in Times Square, but according to the police, they were not close friends.
Torres, who sold drugs in the vicinity, has been incarcerated four times and was caught earlier this month for threatening someone with a machete.
According to Ramirez, they collided and then began fighting. Torres was defenseless when Ramirez used a knuckle knife blade to cut, stab, and’mutilate’ him.
Saturday, Ramirez appeared before a court and was charged with second-degree murder and firearm possession: he maintains it was self defense
Saturday, Ramirez was released from Rikers Island after paying 10% of a $100,000 partially secured bond.
The alleged murderer who’mutilated’ his victim during a savage knife battle in Manhattan was released from Rikers Island on bail less than a day after the murder, despite the pleas of prosecutors.
Jesus Ramirez, 28, and Guarionex Torres, 49, fought near the Port Authority terminal after colliding in Times Square.
The two males, both from the Bronx, had a passing acquaintance, according to the authorities.
Torres, with a significant criminal past, over 30 arrests, and four prison terms, was known to distribute drugs in the region. Ramirez, on the other hand, has a single prior record, for trespassing in 2011 at the age of 17.
Ramirez slashed and stabbed the unarmed Torres with such ferocity that the authorities deemed him “mutilated.” Photos taken at the scene in the wee hours of Friday morning revealed a puddle of blood.
In spite of this, Ramirez was released on Saturday by Acting Supreme Court Justice Suzanne Adams, who disregarded a plea by the office of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg to hold him without bond.
49-year-old Guarionex Torres is seen laying face down outside the Port Authority terminal early on Friday morning.
He was released after paying the requisite 10 percent of a $100,000 “partially secured bond,” or $10,000.
Just before 1am, surveillance camera footage shows Ramirez riding a CitiBike up to Torres.
Torres had been arrested two weeks prior for threatening individuals with a hatchet just two streets away from the fight’s location. According to court documents obtained by The New York Daily News, he was charged with menacing and weapon possession and was released after posting $3,500 cash bond.
The two began to argue, at which point Ramirez drew a knuckle knife and charged his unarmed opponent.
According to the complaint, Torres was left with a slash from his right ear to his left cheek, cuts to his neck and arm, and a stab wound to his abdomen.
Ramirez escaped on foot, abandoning his bicycle on the blood-soaked pavement.
Acting Supreme Court Justice Suzanne Adams released Jesus Ramirez after he posted a $10,000 bond on Saturday, a day after he reportedly killed a friend with a knife.
A source told The Post that Torres was discovered face down in a pool of his own blood with “pieces of his body hanging off.”
The source continued, “[Ramirez] stabbed the victim to death, mangled him with brass knuckles and a knife in the middle.”
“Slash the man and strike all of his organs.” Had to be aware of his actions.’
Shortly thereafter, Ramirez was apprehended with the murder weapon still on him and smeared in Torres’ blood.
He informed officers that he acted in self-defense, stating, ‘He assaulted me first.’ I stabbed him.’
The next court date for Ramirez is August 31.
A spokesperson for the Office of Court Administration defended the judge’s decision to release him, stating that “several variables” go into a judge’s decision about bond.
According to New York state law, the sole purpose of bail is to ensure that the offender appears in court. Nothing further.’
The statement read, ‘Our criminal justice reform laws tend against pretrial detention and allow the arraigning judge limited discretion, even for violent felony offenses, while requiring them.’