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Urine for a slap on the wrist.

A crazed one-legged crook pummeled convenience store workers and cops in the face with a metal padlock before trying to pee on officers on an Upper East Side sidewalk — and was set free without bail by a judge the next day, authorities said Friday.

Eutano Bernard, 41, pulled out his privates and urinated into the air as cops wrestled him to the ground near the CVS on Lexington Avenue near East 87th Street, where he’d allegedly just attacked two workers and stollen four locks and six Red Bull drinks at around 12:50 p.m Wednesday.

The pissy perp allegedly whacked the workers in the face with the lock as they tried to stop him from leaving the store without paying for $65 in merchandise, prompting them to flag down two officers for help, according to a criminal complaint.

Bernard — who was freed without bail just last fall for another alleged assault — hit both of the cops with the same lock in the faces before they tackled and restrained him on a sidewalk near the shop, police said. 

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Bernard pulled out his privates and urinated into the air as cops wrestled him to the ground.
Bernard pulled out his privates and urinated into the air as cops wrestled him to the ground.sensato_fit/Instagram
Bernard was freed without bail just last fall for another alleged assault.
Bernard was freed without bail just last fall for another alleged assault.sensato_fit/Instagram
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“Oh no!” an onlooker who taped the incident can be heard screaming as the piddler pulls down his pants, exposing himself. “That’s f—ing disgusting.”

Bernard was hit with a laundry list of charges, including robbery, two counts of aggravated assault on a police officer, assault, resisting arrest, criminal possession of a weapon and menacing a police officer, authorities said. 


  Eutano Bernard was arrested by officers from the 19th Precinct following the padlock attacks, cops said.  NYPD 19th Precinct Eutano Bernard was arrested by officers from the 19th Precinct following the padlock attacks, cops said.  NYPD 19th Precinct

Prosecutors with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office requested that his bail be set at $20,000 at an arraignment hearing Thursday but he was instead granted supervised release, allowing him to walk free.

Bernard has a wrap sheet that includes an alleged assault on a 70-year-old man on the Upper East Side on Nov. 27 — for which he was released on his own recognizance.

In that case, he’s accused of hitting the elderly man with an umbrella as he entered an elevator at the Lexington Avenue and 86th Street subway station, causing him pain and swelling.


  Eutano Bernard allegedly stole about $65 in Red Bull drinks and metal padlocks from an Upper East Side CVS Pharmacy. Google Maps Eutano Bernard allegedly stole about $65 in Red Bull drinks and metal padlocks from an Upper East Side CVS Pharmacy. Google Maps

He was also charged with robbery in Manhattan in 2018, according to the sources.

Bragg has been harshly criticized for his lenient policy on robberies, which allow crooks who commit the crime without a gun to avoid jail time and bail.

His office also allows lower-level offenders, including people charged with prostitution, fare evasion, and shoplifting to walk free.

Lawmakers in recent weeks have bemoaned the city’s “revolving door” shoplifting crisis in which repeat offenders made up 30 percent of the city’s total shoplifting arrests last year. A total of 327 career crooks were busted a total of roughly 6,600 times in 2022.

On Friday, one Upper East Side shop worker said Bernard is known in the area for being a menace.

“That guy is very aggressive,” said the employee, who works near the CVS. “I had issues with him. He came in here yelling and screaming.”

Asked if she thought Bernard should have been cut loose from jail the next day, she said, “Of course not.”

“It gives [him] the opportunity to keep on doing it,” she said. “They just come back and do the same thing again and get more aggressive.”

She added,  “Do you know how many times [people] come in here and steal from us and nothing happens?”

Leah, an Upper East Side resident, called the DA’s soft-on-crime stance an outrage.

“By not doing anything you are making a statement that it’s okay to do whatever you want, to hit someone, to rob stores and you can get away with it. It makes me very angry,” she said. “This is the state of New York City today.”

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Police stand patrol outside of the CVS where the attack occurred.
Police stand patrol outside of the CVS where the attack occurred. Georgett Roberts
NYPD outside of CVS
The one-legged man attempted to pee on police officers. Georgett Roberts
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Another neighbor said the block where CVS sits had become dangerous in recent months.

“I live across the street and I don’t want my kids to go to the corner,”  said Meredith, a 41-year-old former teacher.

She said another man exposed himself nearby “the other day” and that criminals who commit such crimes are released too quickly.

“That’s the problem. It happens all the time — they get out. They get arrested and they are out the next day or later that day,” she said. “It’s horrible, it’s terrible, it really is. It’s scary.”

After the wet-and-wild incident Wednesday, Barnard was taken to Metropolitan Hospital for a medical evaluation.

The two store employees refused medical attention at the scene. 

The officers were taken to Weill Cornell Medical Center in stable condition with minor injuries, cops said. 

The metal lock, as well as all the stolen items, were recovered at the scene.

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