Gang bound for park basketball in Brooklyn arrested after Joralemon Street rampage
Members of a gang of roughly 20 young adults rampaged along Joralemon Street in Brooklyn Heights last Thursday night at 7 p.m., allegedly stealing money from street vendors and terrorizing a popular local deli.
Cops nabbed four of the suspects about an hour later, while they played basketball at Pier 2 in Brooklyn Bridge Park.
Arrested were Jaquan Lightfoot, 19; Ronald Chapman, 18; Malik Morales, 18; and a 16-year-old male. According to an NYPD spokesperson, they were charged with petit larceny, reckless endangerment, unlawful assembly and criminal mischief.