What you should know
- One of the immigrants allegedly involved in the attack on two NYPD officers in Times Square and released without bail is also being sought for questioning in connection with a robbery that occurred Tuesday night at a Macy’s in Queens .
- The NYPD is investigating whether Darwin Gómez-Izquiel was part of a group that allegedly robbed the convenience store. Queens Center Mall in Elmhurst and attacked a security officer and several senior law enforcement officials.
- Law enforcement sources said surveillance images of a suspect with dyed blonde hair at Macy’s appear to match the image of the same man who allegedly participated in the Times Square attack on Jan. 27.
NEW YORK — One of the immigrants allegedly involved in the attack on two NYPD officers in Times Square and released without bail is also being sought for questioning in connection with a robbery that occurred Tuesday night in a Macy’s in Queens.
The NYPD is investigating whether Darwin Gómez-Izquiel was part of a group that allegedly robbed the convenience store. Queens Center Mall in Elmhurst and attacked a security officer and several senior law enforcement officials.
Law enforcement sources said surveillance images of a suspect with dyed blonde hair at Macy’s appear to match the image of the same man who allegedly participated in the Times Square attack on Jan. 27.
The NYPD is now seeking to question Gomez-Izquiel, 19, in connection with the robbery incident.
NYPD officials say the group of suspects attempted to steal items and punched and kicked a site security officer who attempted to stop them. The suspects then fled.
The Manhattan district attorney’s office faced criticism after four of the immigrants initially arrested and charged in the Times Square incident were released without bail, including Gómez-Izquiel.
Meanwhile, the only migrant who was being held on bond in connection with the Times Square attack bonded out Tuesday and was released, according to the Department of Corrections website and a top law enforcement official.
Yohenry Brito, a migrant from Venezuela, is charged with assault and is being held on $15,000 cash bail. It was not immediately clear who posted bail.
A spokesperson for the district attorney’s office had no immediate comment.
Also on Tuesday, two other immigrants charged in the Times Square incident were detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in the morning in civil immigration holds, according to two law enforcement officials familiar with the case.
Police originally claimed that the two, Wilson Juárez and Kelvin Servita Arocha, fled on a bus to California with the other immigrants who were released. It was a statement that sparked a national outcry over District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s decision to release them without bail after the alleged attack on the officers.
A closer review of the video showed that the couple was present but did not strike any of the officers, according to Bragg.
Izquiel, the man now wanted for questioning in the Macy’s robbery, was also said to be on that bus out of town. The defendants are scheduled to return to court on February 16.
This while another unnamed 17-year-old suspect in the Times Square brawl was arrested Tuesday morning in the Bronx. Prosecutors charged him last week but did not name him in the indictment.
Three top officials say that when police executed the arrest warrant in the Bronx on Tuesday morning, officers found Juarez and Arocha in the same apartment.
In total, 11 people are believed to have participated in the attack on the officers.
2024-02-14 14:20:43
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