NYPD van douser
gets indicted
BY ROBBIE SEQUEIRA
A Bronx man was indicted
Wednesday, Nov. 3, on attempted
arson and additional
charges for pouring gasoline on
a marked NYPD van while two
offi cers sat inside during a confrontational
protest march in
According to the investigation,
at 8:58 p.m. on Sept. 3, the
defendant Christopher Springs,
of 2039 Bathgate Ave., and other
individuals were in front of the
46th Precinct, located on 2120
Ryer Ave.
Springs and others allegedly
pushed and pulled the barriers
that were set up as a blockade to
the precinct. At approximately
10:32 p.m., Springs, who was
carrying a gasoline can, allegedly
walked up to a marked
NYPD van that had its lights
activated and two police offi -
cers sitting inside and poured
gasoline on the van.
“The defendant was allegedly
with a large group of people
confronting police during
a violent protest in front of the
46th Precinct,” said District Attorney
Darcel Clark. “He went
on to allegedly pour gasoline on
a NYPD van that had two uniformed
Police Offi cers inside.
The Offi cers luckily drove away
to safety, but the defendant’s actions
could have seriously hurt
someone.”
The incident sparked from
a community protest of the
NYPD’s 46th Precinct over the
Aug. 29 death of 24-year-old Michael
Rosado who was shot and
killed following a shootout with
off-duty NYPD offi cers that
also involved his 45-year-0ld father,
Rafael Rosado, in the west
Bronx.
Rafael Rosado is facing
charges including attempted
murder, criminal possession
of a weapon, criminal use of a
fi rearm, and reckless endangerment
and is set to appear in
court in Jan. 7, 2022.
The Sept. 3 protest was the
fi rst instance of violence, however,
with protestors and police
clashing over barricades and
surveillance video showing
police vehicles being vandalized
by agitators. Surveillance
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Christopher Springs, 22, was indicted on Nov. 3, for allegedly dousing a police van with gasoline during a protest
outside the 46th Precinct over the shooting of Michael Rosado. Photo Adrian Childress
video released by the NYPD
also showed clips of protestors
hurling eggs and trash at idle
police vehicles.
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Another clip shows four
protestors climbing on top of a
police van and performing demonstrative
actions such as
waving a fl ag and putting fi sts
and middle fi ngers into the air.
Springs, 22, is due back in
court Jan. 26, 2022.
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