Lewis' rap sheet is long and ragged, but only five of his 22 arrests resulted in state prison time, according to the state Department of Correctional Services. "We are arresting them, they are not going to prison." "The problem is not catching them, it's the prosecution," he said. Shea transferred the heat to the Bronx district attorney's office. "If we believe it is fruitful, it is done," he said.Ĭapt. Dermot Shea, the commanding officer of the Five-0, said the precinct does fingerprint, but not always. "My kids could have processed the fibers in school."Ĭapt. "If they don't have evidence the person gets off," he said. Goldstein's husband, is a high school forensic science teacher, who said the police should step up fingerprinting cars that are broken into. Lewis faces stiffer penalties, but local residents wonder what the police department and the district attorney will do to stem the tide of broken glass on Riverdale streets.Īhron Rosenfeld, Ms. Lewis, whose mug shot hangs in the conference room at the Five-0, was in handcuffs again by early October. Lewis, a Norwood resident, pleaded guilty to possession of burglar's tools for an incident in the 52nd Precinct in December 2006, when he broke into a minivan. In 1998, he served a month under the name Michael Flemister. He served four days in jail under the name Michael Jones in 1995. He has been arrested 22 times - sometimes using an alias. Lewis, who sits in a Bronx detention center, has grown comfortable in a prison jumpsuit. The charges are not yet public, but he is due for arraignment Dec. Lewis, according to the Bronx district attorney's office. He had four felony warrants out for him for parole violations, according to the city Department of Correction Web site. Lewis remains in jail held without bail and is facing two counts of second-degree auto stripping, a felony. 5 for breaking into three cars at the corner of Sedgwick and Goulden avenues. "Whatever the punishment is, it's not enough if they are still doing it."Ī case in point is Michael Lewis, 44, who was arrested on Oct.
"It is unsettling that there is a guy out there who is a repeat offender, who isn't worried about being arrested," said Ms. Goldstein's ordeal (increasing insurance premiums, juggling kids on trips to the auto body shop, fear) has caused her to question the police department and the justice system. "Why should our cost of living go up and quality of life go down because of repeat petty theft," Ms. She decided to fight back, soliciting messages from other Riverdale residents on a Yahoo group, RiverdaleNYfamilies, that normally exchanges information on children's activities, day care recommendations and such.
Thieves broke the passenger window of her Toyota minivan on Johnson Avenue and stole $2 in quarters and some sing-along baby CDs. She thought she'd foil any further attempts at larceny by leaving nothing in either of her two cars. Goldstein's Saturn was snatched four months ago while the car sat on her Cambridge Avenue block. Now she and other neighborhood women have banded together to fight the proliferation of broken glass, which police believe is the work of a few recidivist offenders.
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Kathy Goldstein has twice found her car windows smashed after thieves broke in to grab whatever they could.
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