Migrant Teen Accused In Times Square Cop Brawl Arrested In Queens

QUEENS, NY — A migrant teen accused of being part of a controversial Times Square brawl with NYPD cops found himself in new trouble in Queens, police said.

Darwin Andres Gomez-Izquiel, 19, was one of four people caught shoplifting Tuesday by a security guard inside the Queens Center Mall's Macy's, authorities said.

Three of those marauders remain on the loose after the heist at the Elmhurst mall, while cops arrested Gomez-Izquiel on requested robbery and larceny charges, NYPD officials said.

"One of the migrants who assaulted our officers last week in Times Square is back at it again," tweeted Kaz Daughtry, the NYPD's deputy commissioner for operations.

"Different borough, different crime — same disregard for the law."

Gomez-Izquiel is one of seven men indicted in a caught-on-video Jan. 27 scuffle with two NYPD officers.

He was arrested shortly afterward, but prosecutors declined to ask for bail as they sought more time to find out his exact role, the New York Daily News first reported.

Gomez-Izquiel is due back in court Friday — just two days after authorities arrested two more suspects for the Times Square attack.

Only one — Yarwuin Madris — had been publicly identified as of publication.

Madris had been arrested Tuesday in a Bronx apartment he shared with two other suspects, prosecutors said. He's accused of grabbing one officer and advancing on another.

Prosecutors argued in court Wednesday that Madris should be held without bail.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, when he announced the indictments last week, said Gomez-Izquiel had grabbed the officers.

Whether prosecutors should have sought bail remains under debate, but Gomez-Izquiel regardless remained free until Tuesday.

Police said that's when Gomez-Izquiel and three others walked into Macy's about 5:30 p.m. and stuffed merchandise into a bag.

A security guard, 27, spotted them trying to run off with the stolen goods and confronted the quartet, prompting one of them to punch him in the face, authorities said.

The group ran off with roughly $600 worth of clothing, police said.

Cops quickly arrested Gomez-Izquiel, but seek help identifying the three other suspects, who appear to be two men and one woman.

The woman is described as roughly 5 feet 6 inches tall who wore a black bubble jacket with a black hooded sweatshirt underneath, blue jeans, and black sneakers. She carried a dark bag.

The first man was roughly 5 feet 8 inches tall, police said. He wore a multicolored baseball cap, blue jacket, gray jeans, and black and blue sneakers. He carried a black bag.

The second man was roughly 5 feet 10 inches tall. He wore a black skull cap, black bubble jacket with a black hooded sweatshirt underneath, black jeans, and black and white sneakers.

People with information are asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or, for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). They can also submit tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/, on Twitter @NYPDTips.