A Venezuelan migrant who arrived in New York City six months ago and She has already been arrested by the police for the eighth time. Authorities reported that María Manaura was captured last Tuesday after she allegedly stole a young woman’s cell phone on a crowded train at 42nd Street-Grand Central, in the center of the city.
To Manaura, published the New York Postis staying at the Row NYC hotel in Times Square, she was charged with several crimes: grand theft, possession of stolen property, shoving and resisting arrest.
On Thursday, she was arraigned in Manhattan on the first two charges, as well as petit larceny, and was granted supervised release by Judge Jay Weiner of Manhattan Criminal Court.
The Prosecutor’s Office of that New York district asked to arrest Manaura on bail of $10,000 or $30,000 due to previous arrests, including a similar case on December 1, where he robbed a woman of her phone, card and wallet in Bryant Park.
Finally, The Venezuelan migrant was released on parole, Therefore, she is required to comply with a series of conditions imposed by the judge, such as not committing any more crimes, submitting to drug tests, getting a job, attending therapy sessions, and other specific conditions.
“Given the defendant’s continued criminal conduct, monetary bail is reasonably necessary to ensure that you comply with orders judicial proceedings and return to court,” said an assistant district attorney in court, quoted by the New York Post.
Sources informed the newspaper that María Manaura and an accomplice, who has not yet been arrested, were hanging around Grand Central station to get victims. It was there when they were preparing to board the train and They intentionally surrounded and collided with the 25-year-old victim to get his phone out of his jacket. among the confusion.
The victim reported to police at 14th Street-Union Square after he got off the train that he could not find his phone. So the officers They began to patrol, but they lost sight of the foreigner among the people who were moving, according to the medium.
Police had to fan out across different lines to search for Manaura and found her almost an hour later on a train on West 4th Street. In an attempt to free himself, The woman threw the phone on the floor and struggled with the police, but she ended up arrested.
Other arrests
Hours after Manaura’s arrest, the authorities They also arrested a 23-year-old Venezuelan identified as Michelle Sequera for snatching a woman’s cell phone from her hands on the Gran Central platform, he said New York Post.
The foreigner, who was accused of grand theft, was captured along with Adonis Chala, 34, for allegedly block the victim from pursuing the person who would have taken his belongings. The man, according to the newspaper, arrived in the United States from Ecuador eight months ago, and helped the detainee reach the country after he met her online.
The same day, police arrested Gabriel Maraima, 22, of Venezuelan nationality, for stealing a woman’s credit card at the same station.
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2024-02-05 23:18:00
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