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5 migrants wanted for NYPD attack currently in custody, 1 other posts $15K bail

 Five migrants who police say were part of the mob that attacked two NYPD police officers in Times Square two weeks ago are now in custody, while another migrant who was apprehended has been released from bail and charged with Has been released.

A spokesperson for the Manhattan District Attorney's Office told Fox News that three suspects were taken into custody Tuesday in the Bronx. The trio were caught inside an apartment and included 21-year-old Wilson Juarez and 19-year-old Kelvin Servita Arocha, both of whom were previously arrested in the case.

DA officials say Juarez and Arocha are currently in ICE custody and are due back in court on Friday.


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Prosecutors say that contrary to reports, the pair did not flee the state by bus. The name of the third suspect in yesterday's arrest was not released.

Darwin Gomez-Izaquiel, 19, who was also wanted in connection with the attack, is now back in custody after being arrested by police on Wednesday morning on charges of robbery and petty theft. The NYPD said Gomez-Izaquiel and three other suspects — who are still at large — are accused of stealing approximately $600 worth of assorted clothing from the Macy's department store at the Queens Center mall.

The Manhattan DA's office said a fifth suspect is also in custody, but his name has not been released.

A spokesperson for the Manhattan DA said, "The five individuals charged in this incident are currently in law enforcement custody and our investigation with the NYPD continues."


Juárez is now believed to have watched the dispute from a distance without participating. He has since been charged with tampering with physical evidence after he allegedly traded his jacket with a man who fled from police after the confrontation, prosecutors said.

According to Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg, Arocha did not physically touch any officers, but he allegedly kicked a police radio – making him an "accomplice" to the attack.

Meanwhile, 19-year-old Yohenry Brito, the only immigrant detained without bail in connection with the attack, asked for $15,000 bail and was released, sources told Fox News.

A videotaped attack on a police lieutenant and officer on January 27 was widely condemned and followed by a suspect, 22-year-old Jhon Boada, who waved two middle fingers at journalists' cameras after being released on February 1. From police custody.


Bragg faced heavy backlash for releasing five of the initial suspects – including Boada – without bail.

Police are still searching for three additional suspects based on the investigation and review of body-camera footage.

"We have to make sure that we identify and charge the individuals who actually committed criminal acts in this case," Bragg said last week. “The only thing worse than failing to bring criminals to justice would be to trap innocent people in the criminal justice system.”

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