Posted on September 11, 2020 at 12:43 pm by Carol Tannenhauser
By Carol Tannenhauser
Here’s a firsthand account by Captain Neil Zuber, commander of the twentieth Precinct, of the seize of the person who allegedly smashed the windows of the ABC Eyewitness News studio, on Columbus Avenue and 66th Avenue, by throwing rocks at them on Wednesday afternoon. By Thursday afternoon, the person was in custody. The commander portrayed the arrest as “rather a lot much less dramatic than our e-bike robberies.”
After the Prison Mischief at ABC Studios was reported, we started our typical procedures. The sector officers started canvassing for video surveillance that might catch the incident, and referred the case to the Detective Squad. The Neighborhood Coordination Officers started a ‘Companion Case’ and carried out an prolonged video canvass. This resulted within the wonderful photos we used for the Needed Flyer, and the Detectives investigation rapidly led to a constructive identification of the person.
Nice job by our very personal eagle eyed Neighborhood Coordination Officers Etter and Solis! Whereas on patrol at this time within the #2️⃣0️⃣Pct, they acknowledged this perpetrator from his Needed Flyer and arrested him with out incident earlier than he might strike once more. #ItsWhatWeDo pic.twitter.com/A285qW0WnB
— NYPD twentieth Precinct (@NYPD20Pct) September 10, 2020
At this time, when Officers Etter and Solis got here to work, they obtained an replace on the case and have been briefed on the identification. After they went on patrol it was only a matter of fine, old school police work. They acknowledged the person from the flyer, stopped him to confirm his identification, and arrested him with out incident.
It seems that (on Thursday) Detectives within the tenth Pct additionally recognized him for the same case involving the media. So, Officers Etter and Solis truly closed a sample.
We don’t know any motive presently. He has a number of latest arrests for Prison Mischief downtown that coincide with the latest unrest. Proper after we arrested him, we additionally realized {that a} separate investigation into an assault on on-air newscasters had led to a constructive ID on him as nicely, thanks partially to our needed flyer.
He nonetheless hasn’t been arraigned, so I don’t assume we are able to share his title but. Ordinarily, if we had revealed his needed flyer with the title on it, it wouldn’t have been a problem, however the guys caught him too rapidly!
We all the time tout our enhancements in know-how, they usually definitely assist, however none of it is going to make a distinction with out alert and skilled officers doing the hands-on, day-to-day work. It’s what we do.
