""My client seems to be confused about what's going on. I had a very difficult [time] speaking to her, and I am concerned about her well-being," Chung's lawyer, McCarthy Hawkins, told the court at her client's latest arraignment Saturday. Chung, a 34-year-old designer-loving wannabe influencer, has had the cops called on her at least 10 times since the end of last month for allegedly dining and trying to dash without paying."
"Brooklyn Assistant District Attorney Jordan Rossman requested that Chung be held on $10,000 cash bail or $20,000 bond "for eating hundreds of dollars of food in restaurants, and then refusing to pay. "She's been released onto supervised release and warned not to re-offend, and she keeps doing the same thing," Rossman said, adding that prosecutors were seeking bail on the typically no-bail theft-of-services crime after she allegedly kept committing it."
"Her lawyer asked Brooklyn Criminal Court Judge Jung Park to spring the accused Michelin star-loving bandit free on supervised release to "allow her an opportunity to see the doctors on her own," according to a court transcript. Chung had been freed after each of her previous arrests. The suspect bizarrely piped up, "No" at that point during the proceeding - although it's unclear why. The judge surmised, "I don't think she wants to do supervised release."
Pei Chung, 34, is accused of repeatedly dining and attempting to dash without paying, with at least ten police calls since late last month and eight arrests to date. Prosecutors say the latest arrest involved allegedly stealing $149 in food at Mole Bar and Grill in Williamsburg. Her lawyer reported difficulty communicating with her, asked the judge for a psychiatric evaluation, and sought supervised release so she could see doctors. Prosecutors requested $10,000 cash bail or $20,000 bond, arguing repeated theft-of-service incidents warranted bail. A manager of the restaurant received an order of protection.
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