Migrant teen accused in Times Square attack on cops is arrested again

Metro

By Kyle Schnitzer, Griffin Eckstein, Reuven Fenton, Joe Marino, Melissa Koenig and Jorge Fitz-Gibbon

One of the migrants allegedly involved in a mob assault on a pair of cops in Times Square has been arrested again — this time for participating in a coordinated robbery of a Macy’s store in Queens.

Darwin Andres Gomez-Izquiel, 19, was arrested Tuesday night and charged with robbery and petit larceny, police announced.

He is one of four people charged for allegedly entering the Queens Center Mall around 5:33 p.m. Tuesday and “acting in concert” to steal clothes that they tried to hide in bags.

When a 27-year-old security guard confronted the group, they “struggled,” police said, and one of the suspects punched him in the face.

The security guard suffered minor injuries as a result, but refused medical attention at the scene.

Gomez-Izquiel was led out of the 110th Precinct station in handcuffs shortly after 11 a.m. Wednesday on his way to Queens Criminal Court for his arraignment on the new robbery and petty larceny charges.

The teen migrant wore a blue hoodie, sweatpants and a downtrodden expression on his face as he was escorted to an NYPD SUV, and ignored questions from reporters in both English and Spanish.

Gomez-Izquiel was previously charged with second-degree assault on a police officer and obstructing governmental administration for the caught-on-camera Times Square attack at the end of January.

Video showed Gomez-Izquiel with a gang of other asylum seekers kicking the pair of New York’s Finest in the head and body before running away.

The others accused in Tuesday’s alleged robbery were last seen fleeing westbound on Queens Boulevard with about $608 worth of assorted clothing.

One of the suspects is described as approximately 5 feet 8 with a tan complexion and a thin build. He was last seen wearing a multicolored baseball cap, blue jacket, gray jeans and black sneakers with a black bag.

Another is a woman approximately 5-foot-6 with a light complexion and medium build. She was last seen wearing a black bubble jacket with a black hooded sweatshirt underneath, blue jeans and black sneakers and carrying a dark bag.

The third is a 5-foot-10 man with a medium complexion and a medium build. He was last seen wearing a black skull cap, black bubble jacket with a black hooded sweatshirt underneath, black jeans and black and white sneakers.

According to police sources, one of the suspects, a migrant living at a city tent shelter on Randall’s Island, was arrested there early Wednesday. 

Ulises Bohorquez, 21, was accused of kicking the department store security guard during the robbery, the sources said.

Meanwhile, the seventh migrant charged with the Jan. 27 assault on the cops in Times Square, Yarwuin Madris, 18, was arraigned on assault charges Wednesday and ordered held without bail.

Madris is one of the six migrants in the attack to also be indicted by a Manhattan grand jury in the attack on the two cops — NYPD Lt. Ben Kurian and NYPD Police Officer Zunxu Tian.

“His actions include grabbing one officer and advancing on another officer,” prosecutor Zachary Kotin said in court.

Manhattan Judge Stephen Antignani agreed with the DA’s office recommendation that Madris be held without bail.

“We don’t even know his proper age,” the judge said. “I don’t know if we know his proper name. All I know about him is that he’s been here very little time and he has now been indicted for assaulting a police officer. That’s all I know.”

Also Wednesday The Post revealed that Yohenry Brito, until now the only one of the migrants ordered held in the cop attack, was released this week after a Brooklyn church posted his $15,000 bail. 

The Rev. Juan Ruiz, pastor of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, said it put up the cash because it is a sanctuary and believes everyone is innocent “until they are proven otherwise.”