Wacko NYC subway slasher was set to be held on bail - until he talked the judge out of it: records

"Bronx prosecutors asked the judge that Marshall, a repeat offender with a stint in state prison under his belt, be held on $50,000 cash bail or a $150,000 bond in the Aug. 28 Bronx attack. "Well, certainly I have information before me that I would be perfectly - it would be perfectly reasonable for me to set bail here," Wolf said during the proceedings. "I don't have no bail on me," Marshall shouted, according to a transcript of the arraignment."

"Marshall was still free on Monday when police said he snuck up behind his latest victim and slashed his face outside Manhattan 's East Broadway station. He ran off but cops nabbed him hours later and charged him with felony assault - enough to finally get him jailed. The victim, who identified himself only as Fernando, told The Post he needed seven stitches to close the gash on his face - and wondered how the brute was free to attack him."

"A deranged vagrant charged in a random Manhattan slashing this week was set to be locked up on bail after a hauntingly similar attack last month - until he talked the judge out of it, court records show. Demitri Marshall, 32, who was busted Monday for allegedly slashing a 27-year-old straphanger outside a Lower East Side subway station, went before Bronx Criminal Court Judge Ralph Wolf on Sept. 15 on charges that he attacked another passenger in the Bronx in August."

Demitri Marshall, 32, faced Bronx charges for an Aug. 28 attack and prosecutors requested $50,000 cash bail or a $150,000 bond. At a Sept. 15 arraignment, Judge Ralph Wolf said setting bail would be reasonable, but released Marshall on supervised check-ins after Marshall protested he had no bail money. Marshall remained free and on Monday allegedly snuck up behind a 27-year-old commuter and slashed his face outside the East Broadway subway station. Police arrested Marshall hours later and charged him with felony assault. The victim required seven stitches and questioned why Marshall had been free after multiple prior arrests and a prison stint.

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