Queens Man Sentenced After Aiming Rifle At NYPD Detective: Prosecutors

QUEENS — A man from Middle Village was sentenced to prison after he aimed a rifle at an NYPD detective and police found drugs and loaded guns in his residence in 2020, according to the Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor for the City of New York.

Julin Liriano, 36, was sentenced to eight years in prison after police officers found cocaine, marijuana, and three loaded guns, including a rifle that Liriano pointed at a detective, during a narcotics investigation on Oct. 7, 2020, at 85-25 Elliot Avenue, prosecutors said.

In 2020, Liriano loaded a rifle and pointed it at an NYPD detective inside an unmarked car while officers were conducting surveillance as part of an investigation, Bridget G. Brennan, Special Narcotics Prosecutor, said.

Liriano, who was accompanied by a bulldog, was ordered to drop his weapon, but Liriano instead went inside his residence before the NYPD disabled the exterior cameras and the 36-year-old was taken into custody, prosecutors said.

City officers found a semi-automatic pistol, an EVO 9mm carbine assault rifle, and a MAC-11 submachine gun with a suppressor, as well as 85 grams of cocaine, three pounds of marijuana, a scale, handcuffs, and ammunition inside his residence and a car parked inside the garage, Brenna said.