Some people aspire to be like Jeremy Lin, while others aspire to be Henry Earl—and it seems Herman Wayne decidedly falls into the latter category. The 55-year-old Washington Square Park mainstay was arrested last weekend for the 81st time. He makes 74-time arrestee Johnny Morgan look like a real Padawan.
According to police, Wayne had been banned from the park after being repeatedly arrested there for pot sales and possession. He was charged with a misdemeanor offense for his 80th arrest, and the judge warned him he would be re-sentenced with a felony if found at WSP. Then last Saturday around 1 a.m., police spotted him with marijuana sticking out of his pants' back pocket.
Wayne had pleaded guilty to misdemeanors—criminal possession of marijuana in the fifth degree and loitering in a public park—and received 90 days in jail, according to DNAInfo. But because of his latest arrest, he could receive up to a year in jail. "They do their time and then they're back out there," Deputy Inspector Brandon del Pozo, referring to small-time park drug dealers. Guess it's the same for those damned park smokers.
