Lawyers say NYC gun case no reason to jail Brooklyn parolee

Lawyers say NYC gun case no reason to jail Brooklyn parolee

Javaugh Higgins, 34, is sitting in Rikers Island after police reported finding a gun in the basement ceiling of his East Flatbush home on April 28 — a violation of the terms of his parole in his sentence in a string of robberies in 2005. It’s the second time in his life that Higgins, 34, finds himself in a controversy over the state’s rules for jailing people accused but not convicted of a crime.