Actor and former Hells Angels chief Chuck Zito flips out on NYC cops after he’s busted for bogus license plate

Actor and former Hells Angels biker Chuck Zito unleashed a foul-mouthed tirade towards an NYPD cop who busted him for driving with an allegedly phony license plate.

Zito, 71, was pulled over Monday afternoon whereas driving his 1968 Chevelle SS southbound on the Throgs Neck Expressway, the place cops have been conducting a ghost-plate operation, in response to regulation enforcement sources.

When officers ran his tag — a vendor plate from Florida — they decided it was bogus, and put Zito in handcuffs and took him away, sources mentioned.

Zito — a longtime buddy of Donald Trump who appeared in court docket to assist the president elect throughout his New York Metropolis felony prosecutions — characterised the arrest as outrageous, and disparaged the cops who booked him in an Instagram publish.

“The girl cop who arrested me …. I’m handcuffed whereas she’s counting my cash that was confiscated, pockets and cellphone takin [sic],” Zito wrote, speculating with foul sexualized language that she was a Kamala Harris supporter.

“Cop behind me who put the cuffs on me, later in Police Van I informed him the cuffs have been a little bit tight for a license plate ticket. His response, Oh, I’m sorry, I left the Pink Fuzzy cuffs residence. I needed to knock him the F**okay Out,” Zito added.

“Don’t disrespect all Cops for a number of Dangerous Apples. I do know quite a lot of good ones.”

Zito didn’t point out the fees towards him.

However the allegedly phony plate on Zito’s Chevelle — recognized by TMZ — has appeared on a minimum of two different classic vehicles in his in depth assortment, in response to photographs he’s posted to social media.

His automotive was towed away from the scene, whereas Zito mentioned he was “booked, fingerprinted and mug photographs taken,” in response to TMZ.

After ready in a cell in a cramped cell with 5 folks, Zito mentioned he was transferred to a separate room and left chained to a bench for 4 hours earlier than lastly being let go with out bail — including that it was “one HELLAVA DAY.”

“I’ll have my day in court docket,” he mentioned.

Zito was charged with possession of a cast instrument.

One of many founding members of the New York department of the infamous Hells Angels bike gang, Zito later made his method into Hollywood as an actor and stuntman, showing in films alongside the likes of Angelina Jolie and Arnold Schwarzenegger.