Nearly 100 NYPD police officers filled a courtroom and the hallway at a Queens court on Tuesday as one of the suspects in the shooting death of Officer Jonathan Diller was arraigned.
New York City police officers filled the hallways and pews of a Queens courthouse in a sign of solidarity for their fallen
officers were seen in the hallways and the back benches of the Queens courthouse, awaiting the arrival of Jones. When Jones walked in, he was surrounded by three court officers and his attorney, who told the judge on the bench that his client was 'presumed to be innocent.' DA SECURES INDICTMENT IN sergeant at the scene. Both Rivera and Jones were indicted on charges of criminal possession of a weapon after a second weapon was found inside the car they were in. Jones, who was arraigned on Tuesday, was indicted on two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon and two counts of third-degree criminal possession of a weapon.
That’s why I’m still here,' Jones said. 'I gave them my DNA. It isn’t gonna have my DNA on that.' He also told detectives he did not know the situation was going to go 'left' the way it did, adding there was no reason for that. Jones said his driver's license was good, and his car was legit, noting there was no reason for officers to search his car. 'They pulled up behind my car,' he told detectives. 'I went in the liquor store and came back to my car.
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