Boston, Mass., Nov 10, 2022 / 17:00 pm
An arrest has been made in a two-day-long vandalism spree in October that included an attack on Cardinal Timothy Dolan’s residence at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City.
Juan Velez was arrested by the New York Police Department’s Warrant Squad, police said Wednesday. In that announcement, police said Velez is being charged with 15 incidents of criminal mischief that occurred in Manhattan.
Three of those incidents were attacks on churches, one of which was on St. Patrick’s Cathedral, police said.
🚨ARREST- Criminal Mischief🚨
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Detectives from our Warrants Squad apprehended Juan Velez for a total of 15 Criminal Mischief incidents that occurred in Manhattan, 3 of which involved churches, 1 of them being St. Patrick's Cathedral. https://t.co/t0LWoV7gn1 pic.twitter.com/fCeeh14lpu