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The serial thief, who led the city with a staggering 46 shoplifting arrests last year, said he took advantage of his Queens neighborhood's fears, lax store security and petty crime prosecutors, during an exclusive prison interview with The Post.
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Isaac Rodriguez, who made the newspaper's front page as "robber" on October 3, 2021, robbed an all-you-can-eat Walgreens in Jackson Heights at least 37 times last year by loading anything he could easily could return for cash, which he then quickly converted into heroin-cocaine speedballs. 'Man of Steal' speaks: thief with 46 arrests exploited city's fears — and jail might save his life https://t.co/LEpqdMfX2y via @nypost — Debra (@DebraRn725) June 5, 2022 "Where I come from, people mind their own business and when they don't, bad things happen to them," Sir Isaac Lootin told him in the Rikers Island 50 Minutes video. "I'm from the neighborhood. "Some staff tried to speak to me but they never touched me." The 23-year-old serial scammer walked in with a bag and filled it with protein shakes, body lotion, toothpaste, soap and tampons. He then sold the loot on the street or to pawnbrokers for drug money. "Flying was the only way I knew of to make some quick cash to take care of my habit," said Rodriguez, whose only "real job" was selling merchandise at the US Open in Queens. Nearly four dozen arrests and stints by Gotham's revolving door justice system did nothing to slow his flight. It only fed her ego on him. "I've been caught maybe 46 times — I can't tell you the number, but I've gotten away with it a lot more," he boasted. Rodriguez was finally ordered in January to serve at Rikers until at least December 19 after he stole a store from a Walgreens in Corona where a protective order existed against him. Ironically, Rodriguez believes jail time could save his life. With nearly 200 days left of his sentence, Rodriguez says he's clean and swears he's a changed man. He said he intends to get his GED and end his life of crime. "It's a blessing in adversity. I know I wouldn't be sober if I were still around," he said. "Sooner or later I would have died." The city's army of brazen shoplifters is a fairly new phenomenon - the product of reforms that have eliminated pre-trial detention and bail for most non-violent offenses and crimes, including grand larceny. The perpetrators can always be arrested only to be subpoenaed in court. So far in 2021, petty and major theft citywide have increased by 42% and 51%, respectively, compared to the same time last year.
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In the 115th arrondissement, where Rodriguez committed most of his shoplifting, armed robberies rose 99%, from 206 last year to 410 today. "It's not a deterrent, and shoplifters take full advantage of it," said Joseph Giacalone, a former NYPD sergeant and professor at John Jay College. "There are politicians who say people steal food because they need it to survive, but here's a guy who admits he's doing it for drugs. Most of it has to do with drugs.” Socialists like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have criticized the NYPD for catching shoplifters stealing formula and Pampers, implying they must have been penniless trying to take care of their children. Former NYPD officer Eugene O'Donnell said it's a myth that needs a dose of reality. "The truth is most poor people don't steal," he said. "Allowing looting and theft in shops is not a response to social inequality." Read the full article
