Two migrants with rap sheets were busted for attacking a cop who tried to stop them and four others from shoplifting at an Upper East Side Target, cops and police sources said Tuesday.
Yusneiby Machado, 23, and Brayan Freites, 21, were among the group of six migrants who allegedly yanked $82 in items off displays inside the store on Third Avenue near East 70th Street on April 2, the sources said.
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When responding cops from the NYPD’s 19th Precinct stopped the crew in their tracks, Machado and Freitas allegedly wrestled, shoved, slapped and pushed them in an attempt to resist, according to the sources.
The wild struggle left one officer with swelling, redness and pain on his left arm, cops said.
He was taken to a local hospital, where he was treated and released.
Another suspect — who has not been caught — tried to throw rocks at the officers, but they were not struck, the sources said.
Both Machado and Freites were charged with robbery, assault, resisting arrest, obstructing governmental administration, criminal possession of stolen property, disorderly conduct and harassment, cops said.
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“No job is routine, no call for service is routine,” Deputy Inspector Neil Zuber, commanding officer of the NYPD’s 19th Precinct, told neighbors who gathered later that night for the precinct’s community council meeting, according to the Upper East Site.
“Every time these officers respond, and they’re confronted with a crime, they’re gonna do everything they can to make that arrest.”
* Original Article:
https://nypost.com/2024/04/09/us-news/migrant-duo-viciously-attacks-cop-who-tried-to-arrest-them-4-others-for-shoplifting-at-nyc-target-cops/amp/
