Police Arrest Man Shot By 70th Precinct Sergeant After Suspect Allegedly Menaced Cop With A Knife

Police announced late last night that they arrested the man who was shot by an undercover 70th Precinct sergeant after the suspect allegedly threatened the cop with a knife when the policeman confronted him for being involved in stripping a car on E. 19th Street, near Glenwood Road, last Friday morning.

Arthur Whaley, 25, of Bedford-Stuyvesant, has been charged with grand larceny, reckless endangerment, criminal mischief, menacing, and criminal possession of a weapon, the NYPD said.

Whaley is the second arrest police have made in this incident; on Saturday the NYPD arrested Corey Prescod, 26, and charged him with being involved in the same car stripping.

According to the NYPD, a plainclothes sergeant assigned to the 70th Precinct’s Anti-Crime Unit was on patrol in an unmarked car when he saw two men removing the tires of a 2015 Honda Fit at 4:02am. When the sergeant went to investigate, the two men fled in two vehicles waiting for them, police said.

The sergeant proceeded to alert two other plainclothes officers from the 70th Precinct, who were also on patrol in an unmarked car. While he was still at the scene, Whaley and Prescod arrived to allegedly “retrieve items and parts left behind by the original group,” police said.

When the sergeant identified himself, the suspects allegedly attempted to flee in their car but struck a parked, unoccupied vehicle not far from the scene on E. 19th Street, police said. When the sergeant pulled up next to the suspects’ vehicle, Whaley exited the car and allegedly disregarded “multiple orders given by the sergeant to remain inside the auto,” the NYPD said.

The sergeant then fired his gun once, striking Whaley, police said. Whaley fled but Prescod was taken into custody at that time. Prescod has been charged with grand larceny, criminal possession of stolen property, petit larceny, and auto stripping, the NYPD said.