From the New York Post: An alleged crack-smoking, sexual-predator migrant wanted by ICE was allowed to flee through a back door of a Manhattan courthouse — infuriating federal agents, The Post has learned.
Gerardo Miguel Mora, 45, was arrested Thursday for shoplifting and possession of stolen property after allegedly snatching $130 in items from an H&M display case in Midtown that day, court records show.
Mora, whose country of origin was not disclosed, was collared on the Upper West Side on Jan. 7 for possession of alleged crack cocaine, according to a criminal complaint. That case is pending in court.
In 2011, Mora was busted for attempted rape and strangulation after he allegedly followed a 21-year-old woman home in Midtown, choked her and tried to remove her clothes, police sources said.
He was stopped by a bystander who heard the woman’s cries and came to her aid, holding Mora down until cops arrived, the sources said.
Mora was “off the radar” for 12 years, and it was presumed that he had been deported. However, he showed up again in the U.S. in 2023, an was arrested for using a false ID.
However, during a court hearing on Thursday, a judge allowed him to walk out of the courtroom and slip out the back door of the building, instead of handing him over to ICE agents.
ICE agents quickly realized what had happened and chased the illegal alien down. Mora is now back in federal custody, pending prosecution and/or deportation.
Below is the judge who turned Mora loose:
Let’s make her famous:
Gerardo Miguel Mora, 45, a crack-smoking, sexual-predator ILLEGAL wanted by ICE was allowed to flee through a back door of a Manhattan courthouse by Judge Sheridan Jack-Browne, a Brooklyn Democrat.
He was later apprehended.Make this judge FAMOUS. pic.twitter.com/hZ5DqLRYMx
— Casillas (@Acasillas6) February 1, 2026
🚨INFURIATING🚨
An illegal alien described as an alleged crack user and sexual predator was allowed to escape ICE after a judge let him leave via back door.
Gerardo Miguel Mora, 45, had been arrested for shoplifting and possession of stolen property after allegedly stealing… pic.twitter.com/WteJxxYzzn
— Breanna Morello (@BreannaMorello) February 1, 2026
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