A 21-year-old gun-toting thug has been terrorizing Staten Island for years thanks to the state’s Raise the Age Law — notching even attempted-slay raps before netting anything close to real punishment, law-enforcement sources say.
Lloyd Francis was first busted at age 14 and has now been arrested a half-dozen times on attempted-murder, robbery, assault and felony gun-possession charges.
Yet before being convicted of his sixth serious crime last month, Francis — a suspected member of the local Town Savages Only gang — had served a total of about two years behind bars because of the Empire State’s lax juvenile justice statutes, according to records and sources.
The same coddling laws ensure that half of his arrests are sealed, too, meaning their details and dispositions are kept from public scrutiny…