{"id":27180,"date":"2021-12-28T18:51:35","date_gmt":"2021-12-28T18:51:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/?p=27180"},"modified":"2021-12-28T18:51:35","modified_gmt":"2021-12-28T18:51:35","slug":"i-paid-my-debt-to-society-dad-frustrated-hes-still-behind-bars-for-nyquil-theft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/28\/i-paid-my-debt-to-society-dad-frustrated-hes-still-behind-bars-for-nyquil-theft\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I paid my debt to society\u2019: Dad frustrated he\u2019s still behind bars for NyQuil theft"},"content":{"rendered":"

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NEW YORK (WPIX<\/a>) \u2014 <\/strong>His story incited calls for justice and now, from inside a New York prison, a 58-year-old inmate said he\u2019s been punished enough for his crimes.<\/p>\n

Reggie Randolph<\/a>, a nearly blind man who spent more than 850 days in a Rikers Island jail facility after stealing NyQuil cold medication was transferred to Downstate Correctional Facility in Fishkill in late November. He\u2019s now serving a two- to four-year sentence at the maximum-security state prison facility.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cMy inmate number is 21A-2448,\u201d Randolph told WPIX. \u201cI\u2019m being over prosecuted for my case it feels like. I understand. I\u2019m human. I\u2019ve made some mistakes.\u201d<\/p>\n

His sentence stems from the theft of around 40 boxes of NyQuil cold medication in 2018 from two separate Duane Reade pharmacy locations in Manhattan.<\/p>\n

\u201cI stole $198 worth of NyQuil,\u201d Randolph said. \u201cI would sell the NyQuil, sell it, and buy my drugs. I was on heroin and crack cocaine.\u201d<\/p>\n

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