Tiffany Harris Wiki – Biography
Tiffany Harris, who is charged with two unprovoked attacks against Jewish women in December following back-to-back busts, pleaded not guilty to the new raps and was then cut loose once again because even the elevated charges don’t qualify for bail under the state’s new laws.
Tiffany Harris Age
She is 30 years old.
Charges and Arrested
Accused anti-Semitic slapper Tiffany Harris was arraigned on felony hate crimes charges Monday in Brooklyn Supreme Court — but it still wasn’t enough to hold her.
Harris, 30, who is charged with two unprovoked attacks against Jewish women in December following back-to-back busts, pleaded not guilty to the new raps and was then cut loose once again because even the elevated charges don’t qualify for bail under the state’s new laws.
Brooklyn Assistant District Attorney Peter Choi acknowledged that fact in court Monday.
“That is really the only reason we will not be seeking bail,” Choi told Justice Danny Chun.
Chun could only warn the accused serial slapper that she’d better show up for her next court appearance.
“This case will proceed without you,” Chun said. “Do you understand?”
“Yes,” Harris replied.
“If you repeatedly don’t appear for court, I can issue a warrant for your arrest. Do you understand?”
“Yes,” she said.
The oft-arrested Brooklyn resident has become a symbol of the state’s controversial bail reform law, which bars judges from setting bail on most misdemeanors and some felonies.
She first made headlines when she was arrested Dec. 27 for allegedly slapping three Jewish women in Crown Heights and yelling, “F–k you, Jews.”
She was released without bail the next day and, on Dec. 29, was arrested again, this time for allegedly attacking another woman in Prospect Heights — and was again released without bail.
After an alleged physical altercation with a social worker, she was picked up again on New Year’s Eve and sent for psychiatric evaluation.
Harris faced misdemeanor assault charges in the attacks, but those charges were upped to felonies when a grand jury indicted her on the hate crimes charges.
She was separately hit with federal hate crime charges, which are bail eligible, but a Brooklyn federal judge nevertheless released her on her own recognizance last week.
Release
No jail can hold her.
A woman who gained infamy after being repeatedly set free without bail on hate crime charges under the state’s new bail reform law has was set free Friday by a federal judge.
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Federal Magistrate Judge Robert Levy ordered Tiffany Harris, 30, to be released on her own recognizance from Brooklyn federal court after she was arraigned Friday.
Federal prosecutors had fought to keep Harris in custody on charges of attacking Jewish women in Brooklyn, arguing that she poses an “ongoing” threat to public safety and that she showed no “fear of law enforcement or any other consequences” by randomly assaulting total strangers in three separate incidents.
“The continuing nature of the defendant’s criminal conduct demonstrates that she is responsible in part for the increased unrest and compromised quality of life the residents of the communities within Brooklyn have suffered as a result of the ongoing prevalence of hate crimes,” prosecutors argued in court papers. “Hate crimes such as those committed by the defendant have ramifications that extend far beyond the immediate injuries caused to particular victims.”
Investigation Report
In a statement, attorneys from the Federal Defenders of New York who represent Harris accused said it is “rare” for defendants to be charged at both the state and federal levels for the same offense and accused US Attorney Richard Donoghue of using Harris’ case as a means to attack New York’s bail laws.
“When federal prosecutors decided to charge Tiffany Harris, the U.S. Attorney publicly announced that they were doing so, at least in part, in order to address shortcomings caused by New York’s bail reform law,” the statement reads. “Tiffany Harris should not be used as a pawn in the federal government’s battle with New York State over bail reform. That will not ensure public safety.”
The US Attorney’s Office in Brooklyn declined to comment on the release.