A lady suspected of being a member of the inexperienced leotard gang that beat and robbed two teenage women using the New York Metropolis subway has been launched with out bail. In the meantime, two extra suspected members have handed themselves over to police.
Mariam Issouf, 26, was placed on supervised launch on Tuesday, a day after turning herself in to police. She was arraigned and charged with second-degree theft within the weird October 2 assault in a subway automobile on the Occasions Sq. station.
At the very least a half-dozen ladies in full neon inexperienced bodysuits have been captured on video assaulting two 19-year-old women earlier than fleeing.
Issouf’s lawyer John Russo stated, ‘she did nothing unsuitable’, as she walked out of courtroom along with her shopper who was wearing all black and coated her face.
‘My shopper has no file,’ stated Russo, in keeping with the New York Put up. ‘My shopper attacked nobody. She assaulted not one of many victims and is seen on videotape saying, “I need no a part of this. Let’s go.”‘
Russo added that Issouf ‘tried to help the sufferer’.
Police Chief of Detectives James Essig beforehand stated that Issouf had been arrested as soon as earlier than.
Two extra suspects recognized by police – Ciante Alston, 26, and Emily Soto, 34 – turned themselves in to cops on Tuesday and Wednesday, respectively. Essig final week stated that Alston had three arrests previously and that Soto had been cuffed twice.
A fourth member of the group who has been recognized as Dariana Peguero, 26, stays at giant. She had 9 prior arrests, in keeping with Essig.
All 4 recognized members of the group reportedly reside on the metropolis housing authority’s Greensboro Homes.
5 members of the so-called ‘Inexperienced Goblin’ members haven’t been recognized.
The group on the N practice robbed the 2 teen women of their telephones, bank cards, wallets and extra gadgets and fled on the following cease.
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