The man charged with trying to shove an Asian undercover cop onto Queens subway tracks was cut loose without bail Sunday — as the judge …
The man charged with trying to shove an Asian undercover cop onto Queens subway tracks was cut loose without bail Sunday — as the judge claimed, « My hands are tied. » Suspect Richard Hernandez,32 — who faces three hate-crime charges in the attack on the unnamed cop on a Long Island City train platform around 5:30 p.m. Saturday — even had an earlier open-container summons dismissed in court at the same time. At Hernandez’s arraignment over the attempted push onto the tracks, Queens Supreme Court Justice Louis Nock said the state’s bail-reform measures barred him from holding Hernandez in jail. « My hands are tied because under the new bail rules, I have absolutely no authority or power to set bail on this defendant for this alleged offense, » the judge said.
