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Cop nabbed for robbery, pistol-whipping
BY MAX PARROTT
MPARROTT@RIDGEWOODTIMES.COM
@RIDGEWOODTIMES
The Brooklyn Supreme
convicted an of f-duty
Bushwick police officer for
robbing a man of cash, jewelry and
a cellphone at gun-point, pistolwhipping
him, and falsely reporting
the incident outside the El Mekkah
Bar and Grill.
Anthony Delacruz, 35, formerly
of the 94th Precinct in Brooklyn,
was convicted on April 11 of one
count of first-degree robbery, two
counts of second-degree robbery,
two counts of second-degree
assault, one count of second-degree
menacing, one count of third-degree
falsely reporting an incident, and
two counts of improper display of
number plates.
“This defendant’s actions were
truly abhorrent: Not only did he
commit a gunpoint robbery, he
then falsely accused others of
robbing him,” District Attorney
Eric Gonzalez said. “That he was a
police officer sworn to protect and
serve make this conduct even more
outrageous. With this verdict, the
defendant has been held accountable
for his disturbing conduct.”
According to trial testimony,
NYPD officers responded to a 911 call
for shots fired at 3:30 a.m. near the
El Mekkah Bar and Grill at Wyckoff
Avenue and Grove Street. Officer
Delacruz told the responders that he
was off-duty who had been robbed
of a gold chain, Rolex watch and a
gold ring in his personal vehicle
several individuals before they fled.
He said that he chased the firing his
service weapon once, and possibly
saw two shots fired back.
He then pointed to a group of
people who he said were involved in
the robbery, although surveillance
footage later contradicted this claim.
All were taken in custody.
Instead surveillance footage
shows Delacruz, alongside an
unidentified accomplice, pointing
his gun at a man hiding behind a car.
According to evidence presented in
trial, Delacruz, the accomplice and
victim disappear from the frame
of the footage and when return the
accomplice is carrying carrying
clothing and sneakers. The man who
was hiding behind the car is later
pictured walking away without
shoes in boxer shorts.
DNA recovered from the muzzle of
the officer’s gun matched the victim,
showing that Delacruz had pistolwhipped
him. When the defendant
was taken to a hospital after the
events, he was not in possession
of his shield while armed and had
an odor of alcohol on his breath
and was therefore unfit for duty,
according to the evidence.
The defendant was remanded
and immediately fired by the NYPD
following the verdict. He faces up
to 25 years in prison when he is
sentenced on April 29, 2019.
An off -duty cop was convicted of pistol-whipping a man while stealing
cash and jewelry near the Ridgewood/Bushwick border.
Photo via Flickr / André Gustavo Stumpf
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