Crime & Safety
Correction Officer Threatened Stripper Outside Midtown Club: NYPD
The off-duty officer flashed a gun outside a Midtown Manhattan strip club after the dancer refused to go home with him.
MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, NY — A New York City Department of Correction officer if facing charges for threatening a stripper outside of a Midtown club while he was off duty, police said.
Julio Reyes, 39, turned himself into police Saturday for allegedly threatening a dancer at Hoops Cabaret & Sports Bar on July 6, police said. Reyes is accused of approaching the dancer outside of the club at 6 a.m. as she was getting into a car and pulling a gun on her, police said.
The threat was made after the dancer refused to go home with Reyes after her shift, police said.
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No shots were fired and the dancer was not injured, police said. Reyes was charged with a misdemeanor for menacing and arraigned Saturday, according to court records.
Reyes' bail was set at $1,000 cash or bond, according to court records. His next appearance in court is scheduled for September.
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