Police car destroyed at Pelham Bay Park station
BY ALIYA SCHNEIDER
Two police offi cers found
their car on fi re after patrolling
the Pelham Bay Park
subway station in the 45th
Precinct on Thursday, according
to police.
The offi cers were inspecting
the 6 train station,
where they found a disorderly
male around 10:20
p.m. on Jan. 6, according to
NYPD. The offi cers asked
the man to leave the station,
which he did, police said.
When the offi cers returned
to their vehicle — a
marked police car — about
30 minutes later, it was engulfed
in fl ames, according
to police.
Offi cers extinguished
the fi re and there were no
reported injuries, police
said.
NYPD said there is no
suspect description.
Whether the disorderly
male is the suspect of the arson
is under investigation,
an NYPD spokesperson told
the Bronx Times.
Councilwoman Marjorie
Velázquez, who represents
neighborhoods spanning
the East Bronx — including
where the incident occurred
— expressed concern over
the fi re.
“I was really angered
when I heard about the police
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vehicle set on fi re,”
Velàzquez told the Bronx
Times. “Not only because of
the recklessness of the actions,
but because someone
could have been seriously
injured.”
She said 45th Precinct offi
cers were already spread
thin, serving both District
13 and Co-op City.
“It’s unacceptable for
anyone to destroy public
property that way, and I
hope that anyone with information
please comes forward,”
she added.
A police spokesman said
Monday there was no update
and that the investigation
is ongoing.
The incident took place
within a week of a cop surviving
being shot in the
head while sleeping in his
car between shifts in East
Harlem during the early
hours of New Year’s Day.
Mayor Eric Adams’ offi ce
declined to comment.
Anyone with information
in regard to this incident
is asked to call
the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers
Hotline at 1-800-577-
TIPS (8477) or for Spanish,
1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The
public can also submit their
tips by logging onto the
CrimeStoppers website at
https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.
org/ on Twitter @
NYPDTips.
NYPD offi cers returned to their patrol car to fi nd it on fi re on Thursday, Jan. 6. Photo courtesy NYPD
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