NYPD
cop arrested for beating man into coma at Inwood nightclub
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An
NYPD cop has been arrested for viciously beating a man into a coma at a
troubled Inwood nightclub, police said.
The
Internal Affairs Bureau arrested rookie Ariel Frias, 27, this morning on
misdemeanor assault charges in the Jan. 8, off-duty beating of Edwin Veloz at
Mamajuana Café on Dyckman Street.
The
beating left Veloz with brain damage, court records show.
Frias’
accomplice, Javier Delarosa, 23, turned himself in days after the beating but
Frias remained at large even as the police department issued an appeal for the
public to help identify the perp.
Frias
is a police officer whose job it is toorder equipment and supplies for the
department.
Dramatic
video allegedly shows the cop and a pal punching the victim out cold. Witnesses
said at the time that Veloz could be heard snoring immediately after the
incident.
The
incident led to Community Board 12 voting to oppose Mamajuana's request for a
liquor license at a second establishment in the neighborhood.
Neither
Frias nor his defense attorney immediately responded to calls for comment.