An unhinged creep with greater than a dozen arrests who was charged final week for a sick Brooklyn intercourse crime spree was dumped again on the road by a perp-friendly choose who stated he at the least confirmed up at scheduled court docket dates for his many previous circumstances, The Put up has realized.
Johnelle Beckum, 44 – who had 13 prior busts – is accused of groping two ladies, 17 and 14, in addition to a 55-year-old lady, and masturbating in entrance of one other lady, 44, throughout a sickening Could 14 spree that spanned two-and-a-half hours throughout Park Slope, cops and prosecutors stated.
However Beckum was granted supervised launch Friday by Legal Court docket Decide Philip Tisne, over Assistant District Lawyer Daniel Berkowitz’s request for $75,000 money or $150,000 bond, in keeping with a transcript of the looks obtained by The Put up.
“The individuals have requested for bail, and [it is] a really shut case for me, sir, as a result of I take these allegations very significantly,” Tisne stated as he addressed Beckum in court docket. “These are very severe allegations. You’re dealing with severe time. You do have a prison historical past.”
“You’ve gotten had plenty of open circumstances, however I’m persuaded by the truth that you haven’t missed a court docket date since…2005,” he added.
Beckum started his shameless string of crimes round 7:30 a.m. at ninth Road and 4th Avenue in Park Slope, the place he allegedly crept as much as a 17-year-old lady and stated, “I need to contact you,” in keeping with cops and the Brooklyn District Lawyer’s Workplace.
He squeezed her buttocks earlier than taking off, cops stated.
A couple of half-hour later, Beckum allegedly focused a 13-year-old lady on the touchdown of the staircase resulting in the Manhattan-bound R prepare on the similar intersection, cops stated.
“Tie your shoe, include me, we’re going to have intercourse earlier than you go to highschool,” Beckum eerily informed the teenager earlier than grabbing her arm and making an attempt to steer her up the steps, in keeping with authorities and prosecutors.
The fiend solely let go when his terrified sufferer screamed, cops stated.
However that didn’t finish his disturbing spree – about two hours later, Beckum allegedly walked right into a retailer on Fifth Avenue close to Degraw Road, the place he approached a 55-year-old lady and informed her to take her garments off, prosecutors stated.
He touched her breast as he caressed himself below his pants, cops stated.
A couple of half-hour later, Beckum made his manner inside a bodily remedy follow on Fifth Avenue close to Douglass Road, the place he requested for a therapeutic massage, prosecutors stated.
When the receptionist, a 44-year-old lady, informed him to attend as a result of she was on a name, Beckum allegedly uncovered himself and commenced masturbating within the ready room, which is seen from the road, the DA’s workplace stated.
Surveillance video recovered from each the workplace and the shop matched the outline offered by the 2 teen victims, who have been on their technique to faculty close by, sources stated.
Beckum was arrested when 78th Precinct cops noticed him round 6:40 p.m. at Fourth Avenue and Ninth Road – the identical spot the place he allegedly started the lewd spree – recognizing him from a 2023 theft and forcible touching arrest, in keeping with the sources.
He was slapped with a number of expenses, together with forcible touching, lewdness and performing in a way injurious to a toddler, police stated.
Beckum’s most up-to-date prior bust was for allegedly punching a 62-year-old man, a stranger, within the face, and attempting to throw him onto the tracks on the Flushing Avenue J/M station on March 9, 2024, cops stated.
After that arrest, he was discovered unfit to face trial and despatched to a psychological well being program – the place he had two preliminary appearances, however in the end determined to cop out of this system.
That alternative landed him again in a pre-trial court docket room on April 10, the place he pleaded responsible to second-degree tried assault and Decide Herbert Moses launched him on his personal recognizance pending sentencing, sources stated.
It was not instantly clear whether or not prosecutors had any objection to that launch. His subsequent look in that case is scheduled for June 9, data present.
That subway assault case got here up once more within the courtroom as Tisne reviewed Beckum’s newest arrest within the sickening Park Slope spree.
“You’ve gotten open circumstances the place you’ve been making your court docket dates,” Tisne stated. “Together with an open indictment that expenses, I believe, crimes which have extra important publicity than this case.”
Beckum’s different “most up-to-date circumstances” have been “resolved” when he was discovered unfit to face trial, in keeping with Tisne.
Beckum’s Authorized Help lawyer, Luke Schram, acknowledged his shopper’s psychiatric historical past in court docket.
“He does have some psychological well being points, as proven within the assertion discover, the place he’s asking for medicine,” Schram stated. “He denies these expenses and can come to court docket on his personal accord, however we’d consent to supervised launch if there’s any concern relating to his skill to come back to court docket.”
Schram’s argument was sufficient to persuade Tisne – who positioned him on Tier 2, Degree 5 supervised launch, “the best degree of supervision that we provide,” the choose stated.
Tisne defined that Beckum could be required to verify in with Brooklyn Justice Initiatives, the group that runs the supervised launch program, as soon as every week.
“If you happen to don’t do the consumption with them earlier than you allow the courthouse, right here in the present day, a warrant will concern to your arrest,” Tisne stated. “So, be sure to do the consumption.”
“BJI presents a sequence of packages, sir,” the choose added. “If in the course of the consumption they advocate that there are particular packages that they suppose you must do as a result of they suppose they are going to be useful to you, it’s my order that you just do them.”
Tisne additionally ordered that Beckum don’t have any contact with the 4 victims of his pervy spree – which his lawyer stated could be no drawback as a result of they’re strangers.
His subsequent look on the brand new case is scheduled for Sept. 18.
A legislation enforcement supply who was sad with Tisne’s transfer to launch Beckum stated such actions should not unusual for the choose.
“It seems that this choose tends to launch people with psychological well being points,” the supply stated. “That’s not serving to them and the individuals round them.”
Tisne, one of many Manhattan prosecutors assigned to the controversial “hush cash” case in opposition to Donald Trump, has solely been on the bench since January, in keeping with his LinkedIn.
Again in February, Tisne additionally granted supervised launch to Rondail Henry, 44 – a vagrant with 19 busts below his belt accused of stabbing a 15-year-old boy with a corkscrew in an unprovoked Brooklyn subway assault.
Prosecutors had requested that Henry be held on $20,000 money bail, a $40,000 bond or a $100,000 partially secured bond.
Police stated most of Henry’s prior arrests have been for petit larceny, possession of stolen property, fare evasion and violating an order of safety.
“The cops can’t preserve taking part in this catch-and-release recreation,” one pissed off legislation enforcement supply stated on the time. “In some unspecified time in the future the judicial [system] has to do their half earlier than the twentieth arrest is a murder that we will’t take again.”
