A 17-year-old gang banger from the Bronx who’s been arrested 20 instances is the poster youngster for all that’s mistaken with the Elevate the Age regulation, police sources stated.
The most recent arrest for drill rapper Julian Turner — who was busted at 14 for taking pictures a person — got here Oct. 10, when he was nabbed for alleged gun possession on a subway platform in Penn Station, based on courtroom information and police sources.
“You have got a 17-year-old child who tried to kill individuals with a gun and continues to be strolling round with weapons,” stated a Manhattan police officer. “What do you suppose he’s going to do with a gun? He’s going to kill anyone.”
All of Turner’s arrests have occurred within the wake of the lefty April 2017 laws, which raised the age of felony accountability to 18 in an try and preserve youngsters out of the felony justice system and out of jail.
However the laws hasn’t helped rehabilitate Turner, an alleged “Younger Gunnaz” gang member, and “I’m not a child” drill rapper, who performs as Child B-Dot, based on officers and police sources.
“Elevate the Age doesn’t enable the judges to make use of prior historical past when figuring out what to do with these youngsters,” stated retired NYPD Assistant Commissioner of Youth Companies Kevin O’Connor.
“Right here he’s at 17 — a profession felony,” O’Connor stated. “Elevate the Age permits this to occur. How many individuals must get shot or killed earlier than they modify the regulation?”
Turner — at present on parole for his juvenile offenses till August 2026 — was on a subway on the A/C/E line at Penn Station simply earlier than midday final week when an MTA employee seen him and one other teen flashing gang indicators, the police sources stated.
The engineer additionally noticed Turner twiddling with one thing in his waistband and notified cops who have been on the platform, the sources stated.
The officers questioned the kids however once they tried to go looking Turner, he allegedly resisted and commenced wrestling with them on the platform, which was captured on police physique digital camera footage, the sources stated.
Cops ultimately discovered a loaded handgun with a defaced serial quantity, based on a felony criticism.
Turner was charged with felony possession of a weapon and resisting arrest, based on the file. He was held in lieu of $75,000 money or $175,000 bond, prosecutors stated.
On Sept. 2, Turner allegedly snatched a 32-year-old man’s mobile phone at gunpoint in entrance of 1702 Grand Ave. in Morris Heights, the sources stated.
{The teenager} was charged with theft and felony possession of a weapon, the sources stated.
Turner started his lifetime of crime when he was simply 10, police sources informed The Submit.
On Dec. 19, 2018, he allegedly pulled a pretend gun out of his waistband and threatened an 11-year-old and a 13-year-old, the sources stated. “Why are you on my block? Would you like me to shoot you?” he requested them, punching the youthful youngster within the face, the sources stated.
When cops arrested Turner, he allegedly had a knife and was charged with menacing, assault and felony possession of a weapon, the sources stated. The result of the case wasn’t obtainable as a result of he was underneath 18.
The next 12 months, on July 3, 2019, the menace allegedly slashed a 14-year-old’s ear with a boxcutter in Kingsbridge, the sources stated. The result of the case wasn’t obtainable as a result of he was underneath 18.
About two months later, Turner, who additionally goes by the alias “Little Billy,” was arrested on Aug. 31, 2019, for allegedly stabbing a 71-year-old lady within the hand in Kingsbridge, police sources stated. Then 11 years outdated, Turner was touring previous distributors on a scooter when he grabbed an merchandise off a desk. He allegedly charged at a lady who scolded him and minimize her left palm with a knife, the sources stated. The result of the case wasn’t obtainable as a result of he was underneath 18.
At age 14, Turner allegedly opened hearth on a Dunkin’ Donuts from the again of a scooter on Sept. 19, 2022, officers stated. The bullets struck the window on the restaurant at 5501 Broadway in Kingsbridge, then Chief of Detectives James Essig stated on the time with out naming the teenager. No one was injured. The result of the case wasn’t obtainable as a result of he was underneath 18.
Turner hit his goal just a few days in a while Sept. 25, when he allegedly shot a 20-year-old man within the leg from the again of a scooter in entrance of a Kingsbridge Heights restaurant, Essig stated. “Eighteen (arrests)… He’s 14-years-old,” Essig lamented on the time of the gang taking pictures.
Hit with tried homicide and felony possession-of-a-weapon, Turner was despatched to a juvenile detention facility, officers stated. It wasn’t clear how lengthy he was there or when he received out, as juvenile information aren’t public.
“There’s no accountability with Elevate the Age,” O’Connor stated. “What number of instances is it going to take? How many individuals must get shot or killed earlier than they modify the regulation.”
Turner’s lawyer couldn’t be reached.
