The dirt-bike rider who allegedly slammed right into a 5-year-old boy in a Bronx park final month has surrendered to cops.
Joel Rodriguez, 29, turned himself in to police on the forty fourth Precinct station home round 5 p.m. Thursday, authorities mentioned.
Rodriguez was using a purple and white bike “at a excessive charge of velocity” at 3:30 p.m. Could 16 at Macombs Dam Park close to Yankee Stadium when he struck the boy, who was along with his 29-year-old mom and 2-year-old brother, in line with cops.
When parkgoers began arguing with the suspect, he ran off, authorities mentioned.
One other man took the bike, claiming it was his, police mentioned.
The boy, who was bleeding from his nostril and mouth, was taken to New York-Presbyterian hospital in secure situation.
Rodriguez was charged with raps together with assault and reckless endangerment, cops mentioned.
The incident got here days earlier than the NYPD’s announcement that it’s making an attempt a brand new tactic to crack down on unlawful filth bikes and ATVs within the metropolis — by providing $100 for ideas that result in seizures of them.
Chief of Division Rodney Harrison mentioned the NYPD can pay fed-up residents for reporting the noisy autos.
