Bronx judge who let migrant squatters go free with no bail released suspects who beat up cop
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Bronx Criminal Court Judge Eugene Bowen, a Democrat, set loose six suspected migrant squatters without bail after their arrest on weapons and drugs charges.
Prosecutors had asked to hold Desousa-Villalta on $150,000 cash bail. But Bowen instead released him and five others without bail — and it's not the first time he's provoked controversy by doing so. Chris Pandolfo is a writer for Fox News Digital. Send tips to chris.pandolfo@fox.com and follow him on Twitter @ChrisCPandolfo.
In November, Bowen was the subject of a scathing New York Post editorial that blasted his decision to set free two men who were caught on video beating up a cop. The officer had asked the men to put out their cigarettes at the Freeman Street subway station, according to the NYPD.