Migrant busted in Times Square mob attack on NYPD cops hit with 2-year sentence
A Venezuelan migrant nabbed in a cowardly gang attack on two of New York’s Finest in Times Square was sentenced to two years behind bars on Monday.
Yorman Reveron, 25, scowled in Manhattan Supreme Court as he was sentenced on assault charges stemming from the shocking caught-on-video mob attack on the cops on Jan. 27, 2024, as part of a plea deal that included an unrelated petty larceny charge.
Only after he spotted a friendly face in the courtroom did Reveron break into a wide smile.
“We recommend two years and time served,” prosecutor Zachary Kotin told Judge Laura Ward.
The proceedings leave only Yohenry Brito, 25, yet to be tried in the case, authorities said.
At least eight migrants were caught on video attacking the officers, who approached the rowdy group — at least two of whom were identified by federal immigrations authorities as reputed members of the violent Venezuelan street gang Tren de Aragua.
The mob then turned on the cops and pummeled the outnumbered officers before running off.
Reveron was accused of grabbing and tossing one of the cops to the ground and pushing the second officer during the 8:30 p.m. assault outside a migrant shelter on West 42nd Street near Seventh Avenue.
He already had at least two arrests on his rap sheet, including for allegedly stealing pants from Nordstrom Rack and biting a store employee, and swiping a coat and suitcase from Macy’s in Herald Square.
Federal immigration sources said Reveron crossed the US border illegally in Brownsville, Texas, in May 2023, and was released with instructions to report to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
He reported to ICE in New York City in September 2023 and was hit with a warrant for his arrest, only to be released without bail again — although it remains unclear why the warrant was issued.
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