In what feels like a sign of the times, a group of Venezuelan youths has been terrorizing New Yorkers by mugging and assaulting them in Central Park and in the subways.
It's part of a disturbing pattern, according to the NYPD:
"[The] pint-size perps...run through the turnstiles in the Vernon Boulevard-Jackson Avenue stop, near where they — led by the 11-year-old main “aggressor” — allegedly attacked a 24-year-old straphanger aboard a 7 train and stole his phone, police said.
The pee-wee “aggressor,” who was nabbed by cops along with a 17-year-old boy in Midtown hours after the shocking robbery, has been linked to a spate of robberies in Central Park carried out by migrant kids, said NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell.“At this point in time, we are ready to call it: This is a migrant robbery pattern,” he said.
Other members of the juvenile criminal gang got away.
The identities of the other youths in the subway footage remained unclear as of Thursday. Two youngsters linked to the mugging remained on the loose.
The 11-year-old boy has stayed at the Roosevelt Hotel migrant shelter with his mother and three siblings since last year, said Kataleya, 44, a fellow Venezuelan asylum seeker at the hotel...
Here they are in action:
Welcome to the era of "pint-sized migrant muggers".
— Crime In NYC (@CrimeInNYC) August 15, 2024
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'Video shows a pack of pipsqueak youths — including an 11-year-old migrant boy — rush through a Queens subway station moments after pulling off a violent mugging.'
'The Venezuelan migrant child can… pic.twitter.com/JdOWisyfMM
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Here's the alleged baby-faced perp:
BREAKING: An 11-year-old and a 17-year-old migrant were arrested after a subway rider in New York City was punched in the head and had his phone stolen during a violent robbery.
— I Meme Therefore I Am 🇺🇸 (@ImMeme0) August 14, 2024
The two suspects were caught just hours later near the Roosevelt Hotel migrant shelter, funded by… pic.twitter.com/sPzCRnrRID
Authorities are looking into whether the youths could be involved with organized gangs.
A group of up to 12 migrant boys or young men have been linked to roughly 10 robberies in Central Park, Chell said.
Police are investigating whether the violent Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua has been enlisting young boys to commit robberies such as the wave of Central Park muggings, a senior law enforcement official previously told The Post.
The 11-year-old suspected in the subway mugging was caught on surveillance cameras using credit cards that were stolen in the park robberies, police officials said.
His mom denied that he was involved in the gang, saying, “He is a child.”
There's something profoundly sad about children committing violent crimes; there's a "declining society" feel to it. Indeed, New York City has been in decline, struggling with the waves of people of various immigration statuses let across the border by the Biden/Harris administration, as well as the sense of lawlessness in the Big Apple. Seeing as Democrats have decided that consequences for crimes are of no interest to them, these young criminals will likely face little punishment and will be back to their old ways in no time.
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