A vigilante posing as an NYPD detective tried to cease a fare-evading household in Decrease Manhattan this week — and even pepper-sprayed a person who didn’t comply, cops stated.
The imposter flashed a detective defend he wore round his neck as he confronted a household making an attempt to enter the Whitehall Avenue-South Ferry R practice station by way of an open exit gate round 6:35 p.m. Sunday, police stated.
“I’m a detective with NYPD,” the suspect declared, in response to police.
A 46-year-old man with the household group tried to stroll away from the pretend cop — who then unloaded some pepper spray behind his head, authorities stated.
The vigilante then boarded a northbound R practice, taking it a number of stops to eighth Avenue-NYU, the place he was seen on surveillance cameras, cops stated.
The sufferer, in the meantime, was taken by personal means to Bellevue Hospital, the place he was handled and launched.
The suspect was final seen carrying ripped denim shorts, a black and yellow T-shirt, a yellow hat, and an NYPD Detective Defend bearing the quantity 694, hanging from a sequence round his neck.
Anybody with info on the crime is requested to name the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
The general public can even submit their ideas by logging onto the Crime Stoppers web site at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/, on X @NYPDTips.
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