NYPD Arrest 13 As Pool Violence Explodes

Tempers Flare In Public Pools As Temperatures Rise 

City -Wide

By Geoffrey Croft

Police and Park Enforcement Patrol officers working in and around the city pools not only had to battle stiffing temperatures during the heat wave last week but also unruly patrons.

The NYPD arrested at least 13 people in Parks Department pool related incidents NYC Park Advocates has learned.   

The charges ranged from Inciting A Riot, Resisting Arrest, Gang Assault, Robbery, Assault, Criminal Possession of A Weapon. 

Several pools were temporarily closed to quell the violence and more than a dozen lockers were robbed.   

A snap shot of pool related incidents reveals:

Howard Pool - Brooklyn.  Pool was closed for hours on Sunday morning due to gun shots being fired at the adjacent NYCHA projects.

Astoria Pool -  July 20, 2013  (6:15pm)   NYPD arrested a 14-year-old male for Disorderly Conduct and four others after leaving the pool in related incidents. 

It took three police officers, and pepper spray, to subdue an out of control 14-year-old teen on Saturday night. 

The teen was being verbally abusive, cursing at lifeguards and disrupting patrons in the Olympic sized pool according to law enforcement sources.

After being warned multiple times by lifeguards and pool staff he was told to leave.

While being escorted out by police and PEP he turned around and  "chest bumped" and threatened an NYPD officer, saying "what are you going to do,"  said a source. 

The officer responded and pushed him down.  The teen got up with open fists ready to fight and challenged the officer.

Two other officers came to assist. 

The teen refused to be cuffed and flailed his arms in an effort to avoid arrest.  An officer eventually used mace and the situation was soon under control. 

"He confronted the cop with closed fists, " said a source at the scene.  "Nobody in their right mind would have challenged this guy (officer) - he's built like Arnold Schwarzenegger.  Something is definitely wrong with this kid. He thinks he's a tough guy."

The teen was issued a Juvenile Report for Disorderly Conduct and released to a guardian. 

EMS transported one person to Mount Sinai Hospital Queens with unknown injuries. 

Twenty minutes later a group of teens, reportedly friends of the 14-year-old involved in the prior incident,  exited the pool and assaulted two people during a robbery in Astoria Park.  

Two men were listening to music in the parking lot in Astoria Park,  a block south of the pool near the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge when they were approached by a pack of teens.

They proceeded to steal a cell phone and mini speakers from one of the men. When he resisted he was beaten up. When his friend attempted to intervene he too was assaulted. Both men were punched numerous times in the process.

The two victims,  one black- 22,  and Hispanic 19 - were struck several times about the body and received cuts and bruises.   A police barricade was allegedly used as a weapon. 

The victims were treated at Elmhurst Hospital where they received staples to treat some of their wounds.  

Police arrested four teens from Queens - three 17-year-olds and a 14-year-old.  All were charged with Gang Assault , two counts of Robbery, Assault, and Criminal Possession Of A Weapon. 

Arrested:

Jay-Von Fain - 17

Jonathan Campbell - 17

Stephon Gilliam - 17

(information on the minor, including the charges is not available)

Lasker Pool -   July 19, 2013 (5:20)

A Harlem teen was arrested for causing a disturbance on Friday night at the popular pool in Central Park.  Richard Jones, 17,  was "acting in a tumultuous, and violent manner,"  according to the police report.  He was in the middle of a large group picking up women the throwing them around the pool, cursing, and encouraging others to do the same.

The teen was warned several times to stop.  

Jones was charged with Inciting a Riot, and Causing Public Alarm.

Crotona Park Pool  - Bronx  July 18, 2013.    A Bronx woman was arrested after she refused to leave peacefully after causing a disturbance. Gwendolyin Gonzalez, 20, was cursing and threatening patrons. After several warnings she was told by an officer to move which she refused to do. While being escorted out of the pool she struck an an NYPD officer with in the face with her pants.  

Gonzalez, 20 was charged with Disorderly Conduct and harassment of an officer. 

Sunset Park Pool - Brooklyn July 18, 2013 (2:30)  Five people were arrested after scuffling with police when they refused to obey pool rules and regulations.  

The group - including four Brooklyn residents and one from Elisabeth N.J. - were diving and jumping into the pool causing a disturbance and a public safely condition.   They were repeatedly asked to stop. When authorities ordered them to leave the premises they refused,  that's when the situation escalated.  The men resisted being cuffed and fought with the officers.   One,  Roberto Torres, 31 struck an officer in the back of his arm according to the police report. He was charged with assaulting an officer. 

All  were charged with Obstruction of Governmental Administration, Resisting Arrest and Violation of Local Law. 

Arrested:

Lorenzo Orlando - 38 - Brooklyn

Luis Flores - 35 - Brooklyn

Jose Colon - 44 - Brooklyn

Willis Kinard -  35 -  Elisabeth N.J.

Roberto Torres - 31 - Brooklyn 

Highbridge Pool - Manhattan July 16, 2013 (6:20pm) 

Police arrested a Washington Heights woman who created quite a disturbance when she refused to go quietly after putting on a show for pool patrons. According to law enforcement sources, Raiz Nunez, 21,  was wearing a pink thong bathing suit with white sandals and dancing, shaking her behind while holding on to a railing in the deep end treating it like a stripper pole. The audience chanted as she gyrated and encouraged adults, and then children to smack her behind which some obliged.

Th incident prompted some patrons with children to leave and caused a larger crowd to gather. 

"She thought she was on the pole, and this would get her some attention and it did," said an officer at the scene.

She was asked to leave. Things escalated while she was being escorted out by police and PEP officers attempting to remove her from the premises.

"She was saying that she looks good and 'you are all just jealous that's why you're doing this.' She looked liked SpongeBob SquarePants," said an officer referring to the woman's apparent non hour-glass figure. 

According to a source the woman continued taunting the officers and threatened them asking what they were going to do if she didn't leave. She threw herself on the ground  near the locker ares on the pool deck in order to avoid being arrested.   Officers began rolling around with her on the floor trying to handcuff her. Officers had a difficult  time grabbing and holding on to her wrists due to an ample amount of sun screen as she flailed about trying to avoid arrest.  One officer hurt his hip during the altercation. 

At one point one she even managed to slip out of one of her cuffs.

One officer had to put on gloves in order to get a grip on her oiled up body.

"You're in a thong bathing suit resisting (arrest)," one officer commented afterwards.       

"I'm going to the precinct like this," Ms. Nunez asked incredulously.    

Police charged Raiz Nunez with Resting Arrest, Disorderly Conduct and Obstruction of Governmental Administration.     

     

The "thong lady" came back to the pool on Saturday wearing the same outfit but staff turned her away. 

In High Bridge Pool on Saturday night three pool goers were ejected  for fighting in the water - no charges were filed.      

Tony Dapolito Recreation Center Pool - Manhattan.  July 14, 2013 -  (6:00)  Six people, including four and five-year-old boys,  were sent to the hospital after being maced by an out-of-control Brooklyn teen.   The incident began inside the pool when a teen, described as a 16 or 17 began arguing with a woman who was outside in James J. Walker Park with her family.  A wild melee ensued, when the abusive teen was escorted out of the pool and began spraying the crowd with pepper spray. Park employees  were forced to barricade the front door of the recreation center to prevent warring factions from gaining access to each other.   The assailant slipped away before police arrived. 

Other Incidents: 

Coney Island  - July 19, 2013 (5:30) NYPD arrested a female for threatening a parks worker with a knife by the bathrooms on Riegelmann Boardwalk West near Stillwell Ave.   Police say Yamira Cajagas, 35, of E. 118th Street in Manhattan was arrested and charged with Menacing and Criminal Possession Of A Weapon during an altercation with a 47-year-old parks JTP employee

Mullaly Park Pool - Locker Break In. July 18, 2013. (2:30) Stealing from unsuspecting pool patrons was taken to a heightened level when a thief broke into a woman's secured locker and removed the victim's cars key. The assailant then found the car and robbed the contents including a purse and clothing.

This was one of a dozen locker break-ins during the week. 

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Jose Del Rosario, 22, allegedly shoved a lifeguard at John Jay Park's pool on July 4th.

(Photo: Irene Plagianos/DNAinfo)

Manhattan

A 22-year-old man was arrested after pushing a lifeguard and other pool users and scuffling with police, A Walk In the Park has learned.

Jose Del Rosario from the Bronx was pushing and harassing people in John Jay Park Pool on E. 77th Street in Manhattan last night.

A lifeguard observed Del Rosario pushing people into the pool and approached him and asked him to stop. He then pushed the lifeguard. NYPD saw the incident and approach the man and asked him to leave. He refused and became violent and resisted arrest according to the police.

He was charge with Obstruction of Governmental Administration, Criminal Trespass, Harassment and Disorderly Conduct.

The incident occurred at 6:30 pm shortly before the pool closed.

- Geoffrey Croft

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Security At McCarren Pool Dramatically Increased After Latest Incident

“Well, what do you want me to say. O.K., we’ll put a cop next to every lifeguard in the city. Come on, think about it! - Mayor Bloomberg - July 2.

A Brooklyn North Task Force officer keeps a watchful eye on pool activities yesterday evening. (Photos: Geoffrey Croft/NYC Park Advocates) Click on image to enlarge.

Brooklyn

By Geoffrey Croft

Apparently Mayor Bloomberg did "think about it" but only after two New York City Police officers were injured at the pool a few hours after his remarks and after facing intense media coverage.

On Tuesday, as more than ten media outlets converged on McCarren Park Pool a phalanx of police officers descended throughout the day.

All Hands On Deck. What A Difference A Day Makes. The city dramatically increased the number of police officers assigned to McCarren Park Pool yesterday going from 2 to 20 a day after Monday's incident where two officers were hurt. More security has been added today as the Parks Department was forced to bring in additional PEP including supervisors, leaving no dedicated officers available to patrol more than four thousand park acres in Brooklyn.

Seven NYPD police including a plain clothes officer on the pool deck yesterday evening. The locker behind them to the left was where a woman had her purse stolen on Monday afternoon with her son.

The two regular officers assigned to the pool from the 94 Pct. were joined by an additional five from Brooklyn North Task Force for the morning section. That number ballooned to 20 officers for the violence-prone afternoon session as officers were pulled from numerous precincts.

"City Hall is pretty embarrassed by all the press out here," an officer said at the scene. "Not sure how long we're going to be out here. We're stretched pretty thin ourselves."

Meanwhile the Parks Department's press office was denying that more security had even been added, while also desperately trying to downplay the incidents.

"We always have a few incidents and we always handle them," said Park spokesperson Vickie Karp, responding "angrily" to criticism that there is not enough security.

"Two cops going to the hospital, lifeguards assaulted with no arrests, that's called handling it," a PEP officer said in response. "We have two officers and NYPD two for 1500 people and parks is advertising that. They're proud of that, and at a site that has a history."

"The pool has been open for what five days," said another officer. "This is ridiculous. We need help. I can't wait for these people (current park officials) to go."

The press office also spent the day denying media access to the pool deck despite repeated requests.

"They only want us to cover only happy things," quipped one broadcaster referring to the opening of the pool last Thursday which the media was given access to the entire facility.

"Isn't this a public pool," asked a photographer from a large daily paper, who also wondered if their legal department should get involved.

The dramatic increase of police was not the only drama of the day - two lockers were broken into bringing the two-day total to seven. One person had his wallet stolen and a second some clothes. Another patron his brand new white I-Phone 4G stolen when he put it down for "five minutes," while he showered.

Willamsburg resident Joseph Delaney reports getting his white I-Phone stolen on Tuesday to officers. (Photo: Kathleen Horan/WNYC)

A few kids were removed from the pool and few more were denied entry. One threatened a PEP Sgt. after he had been arguing with NYPD officers because he and his friends were not allowed in.

A male argues with an officer in front of the pool after he was denied access. "I'm going to ask you one more time to move away from the entrance before you get locked up," the officer said.

“I’m gonna come back and smoke your ass,” the teenager ranted to a PEP Sgt. a minute later. “If not me, someone else is!”

"The reason it closed years ago was because of fights and now we're like right back where we started, ” said elementary teacher Lisa Kasimo, who works and lives near the park.

Beginning today an additional eight Park Enforcement (PEP) officers including supervisors are being detailed to the pool. The personnel being assigned include officers from the PEP academy. This leaves the entire borough without a single dedicated PEP officer to patrol Brooklyn's more than four thousand acres of parkland.

"We have nobody in the borough, its a joke," said another officer. "We have no coverage. We can't respond to calls. It's open season out there."

According to Parks Commissioner Adrain Benepe PEP have lost 42% of their work force since 2008.

Meanwhile swarms of illegal venders selling everything from water to ices to and hot dogs were doing brisk business throughout the day near the entrance and in the park. Some venders worked the long lines that wrapped around to Bayard Avenue. Multiple venders sold toys in the adjacent playground. Two Polish girls in short, shorts passed out Red Bull samples to people waiting on the line.

One enterprising woman sold locks a few feet from the entrance to the pool. Locks are required for entry into the pool and have become a big issue as many people are showing up without them while others are bringing really cheap ones that can easily be broken into.

Checking Locks. A PEP Sgt. checks a flimsy lock of a pool patron. There have been multiple locker brake-ins at McCarren Park Pool.

One officer demonstrated how easy it was to pick them.

"Some people come to enjoy the pool, while others come because it's an opportunity to steal," an officer explained. "

According to police sources both officers involved in Monday's altercation are out on sick leave.

One of three men arrested Monday for allegedly punching a cop in the face, Rodoldo Torres, 20, was arraigned early yesterday in night court on two counts of assault. Torres, who was still wearing his black and white swim trunks and a tank top, was released without bail, according to the Post.

At a press conference on Monday a few hours before the violent incident where two NYPD officers were injured, Bloomberg became nasty when a reporter asked him about Friday's violence, an incident he apparently knew nothing about.

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg of New York City became confused, and then angered, when asked at an outdoor news conference about a brawl that broke out at a public pool in Brooklyn on Friday, according to the New York Times.

“I had no idea there was an incident. What was the incident? Did someone go swimming?” the mayor asked about the fight, which shut down McCarren Pool and was widely reported in the New York media.

The reporter explained what had happened: Lifeguards had been attacked by rowdy teenagers at the pool, which had been closed for 28 years before it was reopened by the mayor in a public ceremony on Thursday.

“Well, what do you want me to say?” Mr. Bloomberg snapped.

The mayor, who had rolled up the sleeves of his pink oxford shirt, heaped on a dollop of sarcasm — “O.K., we’ll put a cop next to every lifeguard in the city” — before dismissing the question entirely.

“Come on, think about it!” he angrily urged the reporter.

Afterwards, mayoral spokesman, Stu Loeser, attempted to contain the damage and downplayed the attack on the lifeguards.

He said later that Mr. Bloomberg had simply not been briefed on the clash.

“There are scuffles in city schools every single day,” Mr. Loeser wrote in an e-mail. “The mayor doesn’t get a briefing on every scuffle in every school or pool — and certainly not ones where there are zero arrests and medical attention is refused.”

News trucks, police vehicles and officers lined Lorimer Avenue outside the pool.

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Crowds waited to get into the newly opened McCarren Park Pool on Saturday, June 30, 2012. By 1:00pm the pool was already filled to capacity. “We are at full capacity and will not let people in until others start to leave,” yelled a pool attendant into a megaphone outside the pool’s entrance. The new pool accommodates 1,500 swimmers, a decrease of 700. NYC Ranks dead last in the provision of public swimming pools for a high density city. (Photo: Alissa Ambrose/DNAinfo)

Brooklyn

A day after McCarren Pool in Brooklyn shut down when lifeguards were attacked by unruly teenagers, hundreds of people lined up outside the pool on Saturday, determined to cool off from the blistering heat that again descended on the city, according to the New York Times.

Droves of people made a line stretching the length of about three blocks, drinking bottled water and eating flavored ice as they waited.

“We are at full capacity and will not let people in until others start to leave,” a pool attendant yelled into a megaphone outside the pool’s entrance. The area’s capacity is 1,500 people and the attendant, who did not give her name, said that as of 1 p.m., there were 1,502 people in and around the pool.

“It hasn’t dampened the mood too much considering this line right here,” said Evan Conquest, 30, of Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

The pool was opened for the first time in 28 years on Thursday after a $50 million renovation.

The violence unfolded around 6 p.m. on Friday, about an hour before closing time.

Some teenagers doing back-flips into the pool ignored the lifeguards’ command to stop, according to a parks department spokesman. The teenagers and others then attacked the lifeguards. No arrests were reported.

Elizabeth Rodriguez, 28, who had been waiting in line for about a half hour, said the episode would not deter her from using the pool. “They have control of things. Teenagers are going to be teenagers, and it’s going to happen eventually,” she said.

“This is New York City,” said Kati Solomon, 26, but “we’ve come too far to go back at this point.”

She added: “I have faith in the parks department and the N.Y.P.D. to take care of it and make it safe the following day. They’re pretty strict about what you can bring in, so I feel pretty safe.”

A police officer was on duty at the gate on Saturday, and the parks department said that security was in place at McCarren and other outdoor pools around the city. A department spokeswoman did not immediately respond when asked by e-mail if security had been stepped up at the pool.

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By Geoffrey Croft

Just a day after the opening of the $ 50 million McCarren Park Pool complex in Brooklyn the facility had to be closed early due to violence after lifeguards were attacked by a group of teens.

A Parks Department City Seasonal Aid (CSA) employee providing security on the pool deck at McCarren Park Pool. Critics say the city has a fraction of the PEP officers needed to protect the public and relies too heavily on non-peace officer status personnel who receive little training to provide essential safety services in our park system, including public pools. The security personnel, including JTP's, have no enforcement authority including arrest powers, they can issue no summonses, and receive as little as one day of training.

One lifeguard sustained a cut to his mouth after he was punched in the face. He was treated at the scene. The melee began when a group of kids refused to listen when they were instructed to stop doing back-flips into the pool.

A fight broke out and the teens attacked the lifeguards just after 6:00 pm. NYPD responded but no arrests were made.

“Lifeguards at McCarren Pool were attacked by an unruly crowd, and the pool had to close to restore order, ” Parks Department spokeswoman said.

A City source said a pool security/safety plan developed in concert with NYPD and the Parks Department had still not been finalized for McCarren Pool. Critics hoped that will change after yesterday's incident.

The lack of Park Enforcemnt Patrol (PEP) officers was also strongly criticized.

"We don't have enough bodies," said a PEP officer who did not want their name used for fear of retaliation.

"We don't have the coverage. They have some nerve. Now they're scrambling as usual. The City Council has to wake up. PD is also down bodies."

Local 983 vice-president Joe Puleo said the city was continuing to put the public at risk by not having enough PEP officers and relying on untrained, non-peace officer status CSA's and Job Training Participants (JTP) as security personnel.

"They are are putting CSA's and JTP's out there as an illusion of security," Mr. Puleo said. "

They have no authority they can't even write a summonses. They can't do anything. How many more incidents have to occur until the city takes action."

The city had assigned two PEP Sergeants and 9 seasonals to the pool. This is unusually high compared to the city's other Olympic-sized pools where 1 Sgt. and 3 seasonals are generally deployed from the city's depleted ranks.

NYPD and Auxiliary officers outside the Pool on opening day.

"The Police and PEP need to be out on the pool deck," said a lifeguard.

"Lifeguards are supposed to be watching the pools not breaking up fights. We are not police or PEP. We are supposed to ensuring the safety of swimmers not being attacked. What are (JTP's) supposed to do hit them with their food stamps. They are nice people but the city is putting us - not to mention them - at risk.

As reported by A Walk In The Park, last Summer saw a rash of pool related incidents. including a number in which lifeguards were involved.

"If you don't set the tone in these places you will lose control," said a lifeguard today.

The lack of PEP has left the rest of the park system severely understaffed as well. The entire borough of Brooklyn for instance has just two PEP officers available to patrol more than 4, 300 acres of acres of park land.

Installing a camera overlooking the pool on opening day.

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A woman watching her child in the Stapleton Playground/PS 14 Pool had her gold chain snatched from her neck according to law enforcement sources.

The woman in her 20's, had a "yellow metal chain" grabbed by a black male approx. 5'8, according to a description. The incident occurred between 5:30 and 6:00 P.M. No further information was available.

The robbery came less than two hours after a 20-year-old was arrested for threatening to shoot a lifeguard in Grandview Playground Pool after being ejected from the pool. The arrest was the 17th within a week involving city pools throughout the city. – Geoffrey Croft

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