Jeremy A Trapp, 24, was arrested Friday in Brooklyn after police said he cut the brake line on a marked NYPD van
A man was arrested in Brooklyn after police said he got under a marked NYPD van and cut the brake line in broad daylight.
Jeremy A Trapp, 24, was charged with reckless recklessness, criminal mischief, and other charges after police said he was caught red-handed on Friday afternoon in the Sunset Park neighborhood.
Police officers were watching, and filming, after they saw a person under the truck, and arrested Trapp when he got up and tried to flee, WNBC-TV reported.
Images provided to the store by police are intended to show Trapp as he emerges from under the truck, which was parked outside the New York Police Applicant Processing Center at 4th Avenue and 42nd Street.
Police in the area began filming after seeing someone underneath the police vehicle outside the New York Police Applicant Processing Center at 4th Avenue and 42nd Street
A police source provided this image to WNBC, which allegedly shows Trapp emerging from under the truck. He was immediately arrested
An investigation by a department mechanic revealed that the truck’s brake line had been cut and that the brakes were no longer working, according to police.
Police officers call the incident a blatant attack on officers who could have injured or even killed New York police officers.
Police officers told NBC’s flagship station that Trapp was well known to police officers, and that he had often been seen entering and leaving the Occupy City Hall protest in Manhattan.
Protesters have been camped outside City Hall for weeks asking for the NYPD to be defined, even after Mayor Bill de Blasio cut $ 1 billion from the department’s $ 6 billion annual budget.
It is the latest disturbing example of violence directed at the police in New York, where protests over police practices and demands to dismantle the New York police have grown in recent weeks.
Police say they discovered this severed brake line after a department mechanic checked the truck.
The police van was parked outside the New York Police Applicant Processing Center at 4th Avenue and 42nd Street (seen in a file photo)
On Saturday night, a police officer was hit in the head by a bottle dropped by a man in a Hawaiian shirt in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Crown Heights. Police said no arrests were made in the case.
On Wednesday, what was supposed to be a peaceful Black Lives Matter protest turned violent when a small faction assaulted police officers, including New York Police Department Chief Terence Monahan.
Quran Campbell, 25, was released without bail after being charged with assault for allegedly hitting Monahan in the face and hitting a lieutenant.
On Friday Monahan turned to Twitter to criticize the judge who ordered Campbell’s release without bail, accusing him of putting police officers and the general public at risk.
“Koran Campbell is captured on video for the nation to witness how he brutally attacks 3 police officers in uniform, 1 who lost consciousness,” wrote the chief. “Judge Robert Rosenthal’s reckless decision to release Mr. Campbell WITHOUT BOND endangers all New Yorkers and the officers who risk everything to protect them.”
A bicycle officer helping a fellow bandage a head injury after protesters on the Brooklyn Bridge attacked several high-ranking officers Wednesday.
Other police photos from the aftermath showed a lieutenant with a bloody face and a detective with a bandage on his head.
Monahan, who suffered bruises and a stuck finger, also praised the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office for requesting a bond of $ 75,000.
Two other officers, a lieutenant and a sergeant, suffered more serious injuries in the fights that erupted during the dueling protests for and against police on the iconic bridge across the East River.
“My sergeant who works with me was hit on the head with a baton,” Monahan told Good Day New York on Thursday. ‘They put eight staples on his head; One of the lieutenants on the catwalk was attacked by an individual: he had a broken orbital bone on his face.
Monahan identified the person who attacked Lt. Richard Mack as Campbell, and said that when he reached out to grab the suspect, the 25-year-old beat him multiple times before being arrested.
On Thursday, a New Jersey woman was charged in the bridge fight after allegedly hitting two officers in the head with a baton.
Chanice Reyes, 24, was arrested during a morning raid near city hall, a day after images released by New York police showed a suspicious nightclub cop.
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