Lifetime parolee who shot NYC cop was cut loose by judge despite DA’s pleas, multiple arrests

 Lifetime parolee who shot NYC cop was cut loose by judge despite DA’s pleas, multiple arrests

The career criminal who was killed in a shootout with a wounded hero cop was on the streets because a Queens judge cut him loose three months ago — even after prosecutors and his parole officer pushed to lock him up.

Gary Worthy, 57, was already on lifetime parole after serving two stints in state prison when he went before Queens Criminal Court Judge Edward Daniels on Aug. 27 on a pair of new criminal cases for assault and burglary, records reviewed by The Post reveal.

The Queens District Attorney’s Office asked that Worthy be held on $120,000 bail “based on the nature of the offenses and the criminal record of the accused,” a spokesperson for DA Melinda Katz said Wednesday. Worthy’s parole officer asked that he be held without bail at the same hearing.

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Gary Worthy, 57, has served two stints in state prison but remained free despite being on lifetime parole.

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Surveillance footage shows Worthy holding a gun, trying to rob a bodega before he was shot by cops.

But Daniels instead released Worthy without bail, and he still remained free after he was arrested again last week on drug possession and resisting arrest charges, the records show.