Homeless NYC woman accused of robbing dead man freed without bail, multiple arrests: report
foxnews.comA homeless woman who allegedly robbed a dead man in New York City and has dozens of prior arrests was freed without bail Friday, according to reports.
Geniece Draper, 40, was let go after her arraignment in a Manhattan courtroom, the New York Post reported. She is accused of pickpocketing a wallet from a man last week as he remained under a truck that had crushed him moments earlier.
She is charged with grand and petty larceny for allegedly stealing from 62-year-old Jerome Smith. She was arrested a short time later at a Times Square subway station. "This defendant appeared on video taking money out of a dead man’s pocket," a prosecutor said at the arraignment hearing.
A woman with a long criminal history is accused of stealing a wallet from man crushed by a truck in Manhattan. (Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images) As she was leaving court, she told the Post that she was only taking back money that had been stolen from her. "He robbed me first," said Draper. "He got killed after." "I could have killed him.
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