Eight people were arrested in a basement apartment in the Bronx (NYC) after police found several weapons and at least 3 ounces of drugs in the same room where a 7-year-old boy was playing.
Officers responded to the multi-family home on Hull Ave. near E. 207th St. in Norwood around 10 pm last Wednesday for calls of a man with a gun, NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell said at a press conference yesterday.
A sergeant and two officers who approached the address allegedly saw Hector Desousa Villalta, 24, pointing a gun at a group of people. Officers chased him to a basement apartment, entered and recovered the gun, Chell said.
Inside were seven other adults and a 7-year-old child. When the police arrived, Javier Alborno (22) put a gun under his arm and tried to leave the apartment, but he was arrested before.
After executing a search warrant, they recovered four loaded guns, three loaded extended magazines, a box of ammunition, and at least a few ounces of cocaine and ketaminehe detailed Daily News.
Police arrested Desousa Villalta, Alborno and six others and charged them with criminal possession of a controlled substance and other related charges..
Desousa Villalta and Alborno They already have ongoing cases in Yonkers and the Bronx, respectively, Chell added. In August Desousa Villalta was accused of attempted murder after he allegedly traveled to Yonkers on a moped and shot a man during a fight over a woman.
Alborno was arrested in September in the same Bronx apartment as Wednesday’s raid, after police allegedly found him in possession of a loaded firearm. He was released without bail and is awaiting his next court appearance in that case.
Following the arraignment in Bronx Criminal Court, only two of the suspects were held on bail, a decision that upset Chell. “Why is a person locked up for a firearm on the street on supervised release?”, said. “Why are we doing this a second time? That’s the point,” she added in reference to the state penal reform activated in 2020, which has since been linked to impunity and the rise of crime, according to NYPD leaders and other critics.
All charges are mere accusations and those charged are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court.
2024-04-02 15:11:00
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