NEW YORK (WABC) -- There are questions from the New York State Federation of Taxi Drivers for a judge in the Bronx who allowed one of the suspects in a brutal attack to be released.
47-year-old Richard Deleon's thumb was completely severed, he says as he was protecting three female passengers in his livery cab. Police say early morning on November 19th, two 17-year-old suspects got into an altercation with a bodega owner, whose hand was slashed as he tried to protect himself from the knife attack.
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Police say the teens then ran two blocks away, where they jumped into Deleon's cab , He says when he tried to protect his three customers, one of the teens cut off his thumb. They were arrested a short time later, but a judge released one of the teens on a $200 bond, and the federation is livid.
Federation leaders stood outside the Bronx DA's office calling for the judge in the case to take the suspects back into custody.
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The Bronx DA's office has not responded to requests for comment.