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.
Joe Kim, the owner of the Sunny Gourmet Deli at 153 Joralemon St., was shaken as he described how the brazen gang flooded into his narrow shop.