US Navy veteran Daniel Penny’s lawyer criticizes decision to release immigrants without bail after they were accused of attacking a pair of New York police officers near Times Square over the weekend .
Surveillance footage from Saturday night’s fight shows a group of immigrants attacking an NYPD officer and lieutenant after they were told to move on.
The suspects can be seen kicking the officers before running away. They were arrested a short time later.
The NYPD identified the suspects as Darwin Andrés Gómez Izquiel, 19, Kelvin Servat Arocha, 19, Wilson Juárez, 21, Yorman Reverón, 24, who has two pending cases in Manhattan for assault and robbery, and Jhoan Boada, 22, who appears on the list. as a homeless person and illegal immigrant.
Boada was filmed brazenly throwing the bird at waiting journalists when he was released from custody on Wednesday.
On Thursday, two more immigrants were arrested – Yohenry Brito, 24, and Jandry Barros, 21 – in connection with the attack.
Brito was arraigned by the Manhattan District Attorney’s office on a $15,000 cash bond and a $50,000 partial and secured bond on the felony charge.
Barros was also arraigned Thursday and released, and his next hearing is scheduled for Feb. 21.
Attorney Thomas Kenniff (left), attorney for U.S. Navy veteran Daniel Penny, criticizes the decision to release the immigrants without bail after they were accused of attacking NYPD officers near Times Square. Getty Images Wilson Juárez, Kelvin Servita Arocha and Darwin Andrés Gómez are 3 of the 5 migrants accused of assaulting New York police officers.
Later Thursday, the Manhattan district attorney’s office declined to prosecute Barros.
“We strongly condemn the attacks on police officers and prosecute those responsible. The question here is whether the arrested person was involved,” a spokesperson for the Barros case told Fox News. “At this time there is insufficient evidence that he is one of the people who committed this terrible act.”
Meanwhile, law enforcement sources told the New York Post that four of the accused immigrants may have left the city on a bus for California.
Yorman Reverón was arrested after the attack on Times Square. Jhoan Boada was also arrested after NYPD officers were attacked in Times Square.
Meanwhile, the NYPD is searching for additional suspects in connection with the attack.
Attorney Thomas Kenniff, who represents Daniel Penny, a Navy veteran accused of strangling a subway passenger to death last year, called the prosecutor’s decision to release the immigrants without bail “very confusing.”
“The main purpose of bail is to ensure that people return to court,” Kenniff told Fox News Digital in an interview. “[F]From what I understand, they seem to have minimal, if any, ties to New York City.”
Kenniff argued that having limited resources could be a factor in the case, but was not a “reason not to set any bail.”
He said the defendants had every indication “of someone who may not be willing to return to court to face the consequences of their actions.”.”
“Furthermore, anyone willing to resist arrest, or worse, assault a police officer, is indicative of someone who has no respect for the legal system, making them even less likely to return to court,” he said. Kenniff. “So if there was ever a situation where bail is appropriate, this seems to be that type of case.”
Penny pleaded not guilty last summer to second-degree murder charges in the death of Jordan Neely, a homeless man and former Michael Jackson impersonator, who witnesses said was screaming and begging for money.
Penny allegedly pinned Neely to the ground with the help of two other passengers and strangled him for several minutes, according to prosecutors.
Penny’s lawyers argued in court papers that Neely’s erratic behavior was “incredibly threatening,” and the Navy veteran intervened to defend himself and other passengers.
Daniel Penny, a former Navy veteran, was accused of strangling a subway passenger to death last year. Penny allegedly pinned Neely to the ground with the help of two other passengers and strangled him for several minutes, according to prosecutors. AP
A judge granted Penny the same $100,000 bail conditions that previously allowed him to be released from jail.
Earlier this month, a New York City judge denied Penny’s motion to dismiss the criminal case against her.
The attack on police officers has highlighted the city’s struggle to cope with the influx of migrants who were bused into the Big Apple from the Texas-Mexico border.
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