The suspect in the Bronx cop mugging told police that he had done similar crimes before, court papers show.
According to the complaint, the mugging crew took a credit card and other items from the off-duty cop when they brutally beat him as he was jogging.
They tried to get on him. His wallet was the source of the credit cards and other things. According to the complaint,Logan said, "I mean, everyone used the card."
The complaint says that the credit card was used to buy a lot of items.
According to the complaint,Logan said it was his third time doing this. It's the third time. I won't do this again.
A court clerk said that the judge set the bail at $50,000 cash. A percentage of the bond may have to be put up in cash.
First-degree gang assault is the most serious charge against him. He is accused of robbery and possession of a false ID.
Members of the family insisted that he is not guilty of the charges.
My cousin is not guilty She said that he didn't do anything. This is not who I thought it was.
His friends were into something he didn't know they were going to do. He did not do that kind of thing.
Police said that this is the first arrest of the young man.
A police source with knowledge of the case said investigators were able to identify him from an extensive video canvass.
Police sources said the suspects fled in a stolen black car.
The detectives were able to track the car up to four miles before they spotted him getting out of the car and going into a building he frequented.
They are suspected of stealing at least eight cars from drivers in the Bronx and Queens before committing a string of robberies. Police say they have committed at least 19 crimes this month.
The "run and gun" strategy, where three or four criminals surround, beat and rob people on the street, is nothing new, but has been seen more frequently this year, police sources said.
The off-duty officer and his two friends were mugged on Dyckman St. in the Inwood neighborhood. The crew quickly resells items they stole from the officer and his friends on the street.
The officer's friend was pistol-whipped during the robbery.
The retired NYPD officer said that the robberies were random. Off duty cops aren't being targeted. Everyone they come across is being robbed.
It is more difficult for the suspects to be recognized by their victims if they wear the same clothing as them.
The muggers use similar tactics to lions and wolves.
He said that they overwhelm their victims by using their speed and sheer numbers. They disabled their prey by going for the head with a knockout and then stomping on their prey's head.
Police said the thieves run off as soon as they get to the car.
The days leading to their confrontation with Chowdhury were marked by more and more violent behavior by the crew.
They robbed six people in five separate incidents the day before.
In one incident on Monday, the crew carjacked a livery cab driver in Co-op City and held a man from behind while punching him in the face.
According to Eugene O'Donnell, a professor at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice and a former police officer, these robbery crews act so brazenly because they know state bail and discovery laws are harder to prove in court.
In a city where the police are discouraged or forbidden from acting, they may be taking bolder actions. There are more people at liberty who would have been locked up.
Paul DiGiacomo said that the rest of the crew should be easy to find.
The arrest of the people responsible for preying on New Yorkers and our off-duty brother police officer is just the beginning.
NYPD detectives will go to the ends of the earth to find these criminals. There is no place to hide and no place to run.
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