A group of illegal immigrants who were arrested and released on suspicion of robbing a New York City store and assaulting a police officer have finally been captured by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for “deportation proceedings,” officials announced.
Michael Jose Sanchez Mayo, 31 years old, a Venezuelan national. Henry Omar Zambrano Zapata, 19 years old. About a week after police said they robbed an Upper East Side Target, suspects Yusneibi Yohana Machado Avila, 23, and Sebastian Jaramillo Balanta, a Colombian national, were arrested on Wednesday. 22 years old) was arrested, FOX News reported. report.
“All four noncitizens who were in the country illegally were arrested without incident for violating their DHS release conditions and are being held pending release processing,” an ICE representative told the outlet.
The agency also requested the detention of Brian Freites Macias, 21, also from Venezuela and the only member of the group detained by Rikers Island after the incident.
Brayan Freites-Macias (Immigration and Customs Enforcement Officer)
In a criminal complaint seen by Fox News, Fretes-Macias is accused of shoving a New York City police officer who was trying to arrest him and then telling Machado Avila to flee the store.
Machado Avila then “placed himself between Fretes Macias and the officer and then struck the officer in the head with his hand,” the report states.
As the scuffle spread outside, a sixth suspect, who has not yet been located, threw rocks at multiple officers, according to the complaint. The rock has come loose.
One of the officers was reportedly treated in hospital for “severe pain” and a sprained wrist.
according to to new york post“Both Machado and Fraites were charged with robbery, assault, resisting arrest, obstruction of governmental administration, criminal possession of stolen property, disorderly conduct, and harassment.”
The newspaper likened their treatment in the Manhattan courtroom to being treated with “kid gloves,” and said that Machado Avila “requested by prosecutors that he be held on $10,000 bail.” Despite this, he was released without bail under supervised release.”
Fretes-Macias remained on Rikers Island on $3,000 bail.
All three other suspects were charged with robbery and disorderly conduct.
Fretes Macias has had multiple run-ins with the law, including being charged with trespassing in January for refusing to leave an immigrant shelter and shoplifting in December.
Machado Avila also ran into trouble on January 18 for trespassing at a shelter, and in March he was charged with assaulting a woman during an “argument” on the street. post report.
Jaramillo Balanta was charged with assault after allegedly punching a man in the face at Grand Central Terminal in October. He was arrested for petty theft in November and grand theft in March.
Sanchez Mayo himself has “three petty theft arrests and two robbery charges,” Fox News reported.
