A federal task force comprising agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), arson investigators with the Fire Department of New York (FDNY) and detectives from the New York City Police Department (NYPD) has arrested two suspects believed to be responsible for firebombing a NYPD van in Greenwich Village on July 15, 2020, one among many days/nights when anti-police anarchists were boisterously roaming city streets, hell-bent on mayhem.
According to the New York Post, “24-year-old Corey Smith and 36-year-old Elaine Carberry, were each charged with conspiracy to commit arson and arson for allegedly torching the homeless outreach van near the corner of 12th Street and University Place early July 15, prosecutors in Manhattan federal court said.”
Prosecutors contend that the undynamic duo were captured on surveillance video (so prevalent in Manhattan since 9/11) with portrayals of them (and two other suspects yet to be apprehended) pouring an accelerant from a Patrón Tequila bottle before setting it ablaze.
Common in major cities, local law enforcement officers ordinarily team up and form task forces in any given type of criminal category. In this case, arson investigators with NYC’s fire department and police department were partnered with federal agents from ATF.
With photo stills culled from the video footage, BOLOs were passed around at roll calls.
Simultaneously, publicized photos of the suspected duo hit the airwaves, and that resulted in a tipster calling the NYPD to identify Carberry; the same informant also supplied the firebug’s home address.
The cat-and-mouse game went down…and the cops prevailed!
Two down…two to go.
Despite all the chaos going on in the Big Apple, and all of its police force denigrated by anti-cop mouthpieces getting off on destruction and maiming law officers as well as citizens, New York’s Finest and their badged cohorts stuck to their guns and made the case.
NYPD Police Commissioner Dermot Shea offered a statement regarding the diligence among task force investigators and the prosecutor’s office: “Setting a police car on fire endangers police officers, firefighters, and nearby residents and properties. These organized efforts are not a form of protest, they are crimes.
“I commend the hard work of our detectives in this case together with our law enforcement and city partners, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms, and the New York Fire Department.” Next!
This piece was written by Stephen Owsinski on August 13, 2020. It originally appeared in DrewBerquist.com and is used by permission.
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