ST. PATRICK'S DESECRATION UPDATE: MANHATTAN DA DECLINES TO PROSECUTE

The Queens man arrested for scarring the landmarked façade of St. Patrick’s Cathedral during a George Floyd protest is now free — because the Manhattan District Attorney’s office declined to prosecute him. Yadir Avila Rosas, 26, was taken into custody at 5:30 a.m. Saturday, an NYPD spokeswoman told The Post.....two women remain at large. See them and more at https://nypost.com/2020/06/06/da-declines-to-prosecute-man-arrested-in-st-patricks-cathedral-vandalism/

ORIGINAL CRIME STOPPERS REPORT https://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2020/06/nypd-releases-fotos-of-st-patricks.html

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6/20 update--Two teenagers — an 18-year-old from Westchester and another unidentified because of age — are accused of defacing St. Patrick's Cathedral at the end of May. ....Those are the second and third arrests in connection with this incident. A 26-year-old Queens resident was arrested on June 6. READ MORE FROM LOHUD AT https://www.lohud.com/story/news/crime/2020/06/19/westchester-ny-teen-accused-defacing-st-patricks-cathedral/3224143001/