A 12-year-old migrant boy busted in a The pint-sized perp is also believed to be the ''ringleader'' of a migrant robbery crew behind a string of muggings in Central Park in which several people had their cellphones, wallets and jewelry stolen last summer, law-enforcement sources said.
The baby-faced terror, then 11, made headlines when he was arrested that August — but faced no serious consequences thanks to the state's lax juvenile justice system, the sources said.
''Is this what a sanctuary city is supposed to be?'' one frustrated cop asked.
''One of these kids was 11 years old when he was the ringleader of that Central Park robbery pattern. What is it going to take for some of this policy to change when you have an 11, now 12-year-old, running around — or anybody — committing these crimes?'' the source fumed.
''When is common sense going to prevail?'' the cop added. ''Don't we have a moral obligation?''
Police believe the boy to be linked to the
...a country in Central America that sits on an enormous pool of oil. Formerly the most prospereous country in the region, it became infested with Commies sniffing almost unlimited wealth. It turned out the wealth wasn't unlimited, the economy collapsed under the clownish Hugo Chavez, the murder rate exceeded places like Honduras and El Salvador. A significant proportion of the populace refugeed to Colombia and points south...
n gang Tren de Aragua via a youth crew offshoot known as Diablos de la 42, or Devils of 42nd Street, the sources said.
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[FoxNews] The NYPD officers were responding to a robbery at the time of the attack
A group of young illegal aliens with alleged ties to a violent foreign gang attack two NYPD officers Friday night in Times Square.
Eleven teen members of the ultra-violent Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua were allegedly involved in an attack against two NYPD officers on Friday night in Times Square, police sources told Fox News.
Five of the suspects, all illegal aliens from Venezuela, have been arrested in connection with the alleged attack, which involved the migrant crew throwing glass bottles, basketballs and rocks at NYPD officers who were responding to a robbery.
The youngest suspect in the attack is 12 years old, and the police sources said that two of the children were picked up by their migrant parents, and one is being charged as an adult with riot and assault, according to police.
"It's horrific enough to be a victim of a crime," said Mayor Eric Adams in a Tuesday media briefing. "But when someone openly assaults a police officer, you are attacking our symbol of safety, and it cannot be tolerated."
Adams said he's heard from people in the city who have said the suspects are too young for serious punishment, but he said that's not the case.
"People who prey on innocent people must be held accountable. They must be brought to justice," he said.
Tricia McLaughlin, the assistant secretary for the Department of Homeland Security, said authorities will find the remaining suspects.
"@DHSgov and our law enforcement partners will hunt down these cowards and they will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law," she wrote on X. "Secretary Noem will not stand idly by as our brave law enforcement is attacked."
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch then read a prepared statement describing the incident.
"Last week we saw a troubling incident in the heart of Times Square, where NYPD officers came under attack. On Friday at approximately 7:30 p.m., cops assigned to foot posts in the area of 42nd Street and 8th Avenue, and just a block away from a highly-anticipated boxing match, noticed about 10 to 12 individuals beginning to surround three others," she said.
"The officers engaged the group and attempted to break up what appeared to be a wolfpack-style robbery. Instead, they were ambushed [and] pelted with scooters, basketballs and other makeshift weapons," she continued. "This was a targeted attack. Planned, deliberate and carried out with intent, and it will not be tolerated. Luckily, our officers are OK, and the investigation that followed was fast, effective and focused."
According to Tisch, police identified a subset of Tren de Aragua gang members as the suspected perpetrators just hours after the attack.
"Our detectives got right to work, and within hours identified members of a violent group known as Los Diablos de 42, a subset of Tren de Aragua," she said. "Several of them are listed in our gang database, and that's one of the reasons we caught many of them so quickly."
Border Czar Tom Homan said the NYPD should work more with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to apprehend dangerous illegal immigrants.
"This is just another example of sanctuary cities not cooperating with ICE and look what happened," he said on "The Ingraham Angle." "If you're brazen enough to attack an armed law enforcement officer, you're much more dangerous to an unarmed civilian."
"We're coming for them," Homan said to the suspects involved in last week's attack who haven't yet been arrested.
Tisch also admonished the city council for "legislating against cops" and scolded them for trying to do away with that gang database.
She said a fifth person involved in the incident was arrested Tuesday morning.
"So far, we've apprehended five individuals connected to this incident," she said. "Three were arrested the next day, all repeat offenders, and all previously tied to citywide robbery patterns. A fourth turned himself in on Sunday, and just this morning we arrested a fifth, a 16-year-old recidivist. They face serious charges, including attempted felony assault, inciting a riot and reckless endangerment. "
She said more arrests are coming and once again repudiated city officials for what she views as weak-on-crime policies.
"This is not low-level crime. It's organized violence carried out by gang members that we've have already taken off the streets for preying on New Yorkers," she said. "And now they're back, ambushing cops in the middle of Times Square. It's not a fluke. It's a system failure. It's what happens when repeat offenders are allowed to cycle through arrest after arrest without meaningful accountability. It's what happens when there are no real consequences."
Police sources confirmed that the young suspects are known to police, and have been linked to dozens of robberies in New York since 2022. However, each time they have been arrested, they have been released back onto the streets.
Authorities were able to track down the suspect using the city's gang database, which the city council is trying to abolish.
"That’s why it absolutely defies common sense that our city council is looking to abolish this," Tisch said. "We need our City Council to stop legislating against our cops and to start legislating public safety."
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