NYPD collar one of the illegal street riders who allegedly beat driver

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NYPD collar one of the illegal street riders who allegedly beat driver​



By
Craig McCarthy


March 31, 2022 7:11pm
Updated









Video shows mob of bikers beatdown car passenger




Cops have caught up with one of the dirt bikers who allegedly chased down a motorist and beat him and his son over an “accident” in Harlem, police said Thursday.
Kureem Nelson, 35, was arrested and charged with multiple counts of robbery and assault in connection to the road rage attack on March 15, police said.
The shocking incident, which was captured on camera, started around 4:30 p.m. that day as the 64-year-old driver was heading west on West 127th Street and struck one of the men riding an illegal street vehicle, who allegedly ran a red light at Frederick Douglass Boulevard, cops said.
The crew tailed the 64-year-old, following him two blocks before cutting him off at St. Nicholas Terrace, cops said.
Four of the attackers got off their illegal rides and surrounded the car, pulling the driver and his 36-year-old son from inside, according to cops.
Kareem NelsonDefendant Kureem Nelson is walking out of the 26th Precinct.Gregory P. Mango Kareem NelsonNelson is accused of assaulting two men after he approached them on motorcycles with several other motorcycle drivers. Gregory P. Mango Kareem NelsonNelson hides his face after being charged for the heinous attack. Gregory P. Mango Dirt bike attackOne of the dirt bikers who chased down and assaulted a motorist and his son in Harlem has been arrested. DCPI Dirt bike attack35-year-old Kureem Nelson was arrested and hit with multiple charges of robbery and assault. Dirt bike attackThe victims said they were shaken but not seriously hurt from the attack. DCPI
The crew then beat and robbed them of their cell phones, credit cards, and cash, according to police.
The two victims weren’t seriously injured but shaken, the son later told The Post.
“I’m OK, I’m just really concerned about him, concerned about my father,” he said previously. “I want them to find them, and justice.”
 

Man dies weeks after dozens of bikers beat him during road rage attack in NYC: cops​



By
Amanda Woods


November 23, 2022 5:42pm
Updated














A 45-year-old man died two weeks after he was brutally beaten by more than two dozen ATV and dirt bike riders during a Harlem road rage incident, cops said Wednesday.
Arthur Cooke was driving east on East 125th Street near Fifth Avenue just after 10 p.m. Nov. 4 when about 30 ATV and dirt bike riders surrounded him, authorities said.
One of the bikers struck the passenger-side mirror of Cooke’s car, police said.
When Cooke stepped out to inspect the damage, the bikers ganged up on him and started beating him, cops said.
One of the suspects also brandished a gun toward Cooke, authorities said.
Moments later, another man who wasn’t involved in the assault hopped in Cooke’s car and drove off, cops said.
Cooke was rushed to Harlem Hospital, where he was held in the ICU until he succumbed to his injuries Friday.
The incident was deemed a homicide, authorities said.
The intersection of  East 125th Street and Fifth Avenue, where cops say the deadly attack happened.The deadly attack happened on East 125th Street near Fifth Avenue, cops said. Google Maps A Facebook photo shows Cooke sitting with a small child on a  stoop.Cooke got out of his car to inspect a broken passenger-side mirror when he was attacked, cops said.Facebook/Arthur Cooke
No arrests had been made by Wednesday.
Cooke was “on a date with his significant other” when he was attacked, according to a GoFundMe page set up for him prior to his death.
The fundraising page described him as “a man that is full of laughs and full of hope.”
He most recently took on the role of working as a court special advocate for Exodus Transitional Community, which provides services for currently and formerly incarcerated people, according to his LinkedIn profile.
Cooke is seen wearing a sweatshirt for Exodus Transitional Community, where he worked as a court special advocate.Arthur Cooke was a court special advocate for Exodus Transitional Community.GoFundMe
“Arthur was a beloved member of our community and we are all devastated by the loss,” founder and executive director Julio Medina said in a statement obtained by WABC. “Like so many people at Exodus, we considered Arthur a member of our family, and his story is similar to the thousands of others we serve.”
“We watched as his mindset shifted from one of hopelessness since serving his sentence to one of hope and aspirations, and he was always helping his participants do the same,” Medina said. “To Arthur, the value of his work was apparent when he got to see the joy that those he helped realized that there is light at the end of the tunnel. That meant everything to Arthur.”



Cooke served four years in state prison – from 2017 to 2021 – on an assault charge, state Correction records show.


His previous prison stint was from 2009 to 2013 on robbery, assault and arson charges, according to the records.
 
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