The migrants arrested at an Arizona bus stop are not the men accused of fleeing New York City after being charged in the Times Square police attack, authorities said.
Four men arrested in Arizona by Immigration and Customs Enforcement do not match the identities of the people involved in the Times Square attack, three senior law enforcement officials said. NBC News.
That’s after federal officials previously identified the arrested men as suspects who fled the city in the wake of the horrific attack.
“The four individuals they took into custody were not involved in the New York City investigation,” a spokesperson for the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office said.
“To date, we have not received any indication from federal authorities that they have arrested anyone in connection with our case.”
Police sources previously said that four of the migrants charged in the Times Square attack: Darwin Andres Gomez, 19; Kelvin Servita Arocha, 19; Wilson Juarez, 21, and Yorman Reveron, 24, may have fled the city after using fake names to get tickets from a charity that helps migrants.
The migrants arrested in Arizona on Tuesday (pictured) do not match the identities of the people involved in the Times Square attack, sources said
Police sources previously said four of the migrants charged in the Times Square attack may have fled the city after using fake names to obtain tickets from a charity that helps migrants
A total of six people have been arrested in connection with the brutal attack on NYPD officers in Times Square on January 27, and police say as many as 14 people were involved.
Venezuelan national Yohenry Brito, 24, was arraigned Thursday in Manhattan Criminal Court and is the only one of the suspects being held on bail at Rikers Island.
The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office said the $15,000 bail or $50,000 bond was justified because Brito was positively identified in the video of the attack by a “clear tattoo.”
Brito was already known to police for a series of past offenses, including petit larceny charges for stealing $275 worth of merchandise from Bergdorf Goodman in October and $139 worth of clothing from Macy’s.
The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office said the $15,000 bail or $50,000 bond was justified for him only because Brito was positively identified in the video of the attack by a “clear tattoo.”
The sixth suspect, Jhoan Boada, 22, is believed to have remained in New York City.
Boada was photographed giving the middle finger to the press waiting outside the court after his release.
Darwin Andres Gomez (left) and Kelvin Servita Arocha were released without bail and allegedly tried to flee
Wilson Juarez (left) and Yorman Reveron also fled: they are accused of plotting against two Times Square officers
Jhoan Boada, 22, was arrested in connection with the attack and was pictured leaving the courthouse with his middle fingers up at reporters and grinning
A sixth suspect, Yohenry Brito, 24, was arraigned Thursday in Manhattan Criminal Court and is the only one of the suspects being held on bail. He stays on Rikers Island
Jandry Barros, 21, a seventh suspect arrested, was released without charge due to lack of evidence. He also has a previous record of service to authorities.
On Monday, migrants were arrested in a raid for allegedly stealing wallets and mobile phones from at least 62 women.
Police arrested at least seven migrants, all believed to be from Venezuela, at a safe house in the Bronx after executing a search warrant.
One of the most shocking thefts a A migrant on a moped dragged a 52-year-old woman down a Big Apple street to steal her phone – a robbery caught on surveillance footage.
Police are looking for the leader of a group of migrant ‘ghost criminals’ believed to be behind the gang of criminals robbing people.
New York City in particular has struggled under the weight of tens of thousands of migrants arriving at its borders in need of places to stay and other accommodations.
In 2023 alone, the city had to deal with the arrival of more than 100,000 migrants.
Mayor Eric Adams has said the cost of New York City’s migrant crisis is as much as $4.6 billion as he begs the state for more money
On Monday, migrants were arrested in a raid for allegedly stealing wallets and mobile phones from at least 62 women. One of the most shocking thefts involved a migrant on a moped dragging a 52-year-old woman down a Big Apple street to steal her phone (pictured)
Mayor Eric Adams has said the cost of New York City’s migrant crisis is as much as $4.6 billion as he begs the state for more money.
New York State Governor Kathy Hochul last month pledged to spend $2.4 billion on the crisis, more than double last year’s proposal.
But Adams claims that’s still not enough to cover the costs of caring for tens of thousands of people who continue to flood into the Big Apple’s “sanctuary city.”
“We are the economic engine of the state,” Mr. Adams told lawmakers at the State Capitol in Albany on Tuesday.
“And we’ve always been here for the state. We need the state to be here in town for us right now.”