Wallkill cop mugged at gunpoint in the Bronx

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NEW YORK – A 36-year-old Town of Wallkill police officer and a friend were mugged at gunpoint in New York City on Sunday with the robbers taking the local policeman’s badge and wallet, the NYPD said.

Four men approached the Orange County officer, who lives in Middletown, and a 35-year-old friend, near Merritt and Givan avenues in an industrial area around Co-op City about 1 a.m., police said.

According to NYPD, one of the suspects pulled a gun and demanded property from both victims, taking their credit cards, a bracelet and cell phone.

The robbers fled in a black car with Pennsylvania license plates, police said.




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