From the New York Post: One of the thugs suspected of savagely beating and robbing an off-duty NYPD cop in The Bronx was busted in Virginia on Tuesday — after fleeing there with his mommy, law-enforcement sources said.
Taveon Hargrove — who at 23 already has a rap sheet with more than a dozen arrests — was nabbed by the US Marshals’ Regional Fugitive Task Force in North Chesterfield for the brutal caught-on-video early Saturday attack on the 27-year-old officer on St. Peters Avenue in Westchester Square, according to the sources.
Charges are pending against Hargrove, who cops over the weekend warned was “to be considered armed and dangerous.”
After police released a wanted poster for his arrest, the suspect and his mother fled the Big Apple and were hiding out in the Virginia home, which belongs to a friend, according to the sources.
The report explains that police found Hargrove hiding in the garage of the Virginia home, where he had been sleeping on a mattress. He refused to come out when ordered by police, so the cops sent their dog in to get him. Hargrove tried to hit the dog, and the dog then attacked him.
Photos posted on social media show Hargrove looking beat with a bloodied face and in handcuffs.
🚨BREAKING 🚨
I’m being told by numerous law enforcement sources that Taveon Hargrove, who is wanted for beating and robbing a uniformed NYPD officer, has been apprehended in Virginia possibly by a police K9.
Awaiting confirmation and further details pic.twitter.com/FEkkAPZ02r
— John D. Macari Jr. 🇺🇸🗽 (@JohnDMacari) May 27, 2025
Looks like young Taveon Hargrove may have… resisted arrest… when the U.S. Marshals apprehended him in Virginia. Ass hanging out. Face all fucked up, missing a shoe and sock. pic.twitter.com/ApzsBr7yLD
— NeoUnrealist (@NeoUnrealist) May 27, 2025
The second suspect has not yet been identified or caught.
However, in addition to his mother fleeing with Hargrove, his father, Jeffrey Hargrove, 55, was arrested Sunday for allegedly using the NYPD officer’s stolen credit card at several bodegas in the Bronx.
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said the injured officer has “lots of broken bones on his face” and will be undergoing surgery Tuesday afternoon.
The NYPD had first posted a previous mugshot of Hargrove and announced they were looking for him.
The victim suffered multiple facial fractures.
One suspect ID’d as Taveon Hargrove. The second remains unidentified.
Info? DM @NYPDTips or call 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) pic.twitter.com/Fuk90cGAqU
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) May 25, 2025
Tuesday afternoon, the NYPD announced, “Thanks to the diligent work of @NYPDDetectives and our federal partners, Taveon Hargrove has been arrested for this heinous crime. An attack on an NYPD officer is an attack on all of us. We will respond swiftly and go after those who target our cops.”
Thanks to the diligent work of @NYPDDetectives and our federal partners, Taveon Hargrove has been arrested for this heinous crime.
An attack on an NYPD officer is an attack on all of us. We will respond swiftly and go after those who target our cops. https://t.co/j8MwWKsTg3
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) May 27, 2025
The attack was caught on surveillance camera.
NEW: Two men brutally beat and rob a uniformed off-duty NYPD cop – He was kicked so hard in the head that it left a sneaker imprint on his face
The father of 23-year-old Taveon Hargrove was later arrested for trying to use the officer’s credit card
Two masked men dressed in… pic.twitter.com/LVsAviEL0z
— Unlimited L’s (@unlimited_ls) May 26, 2025
VIDEO: Masked thugs brutally beat, rob uniformed NYPD cop in brazen attack
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