The NYPD on Friday dropped the charges against a 15-year-old Queens boy who’d been mistaken as part of a roving bicycle gang that trashed two cars in Manhattan, according to a department spokesman.
The case against Geovanni Valle unraveled after the teen shared his alibi with the media — a time-stamped store receipt which placed him at Queens Center Mall at the time dozens of bike-riding teens randomly assailed two vehicles in Manhattan at 4 p.m.Tuesday, law enforcement sources said.
Chief of Detectives Rodney Harrison personally visited the Valle’s Corona home to apologize, telling the teen and his family he takes "ownership" for the mishap, according to officials familiar with the case.
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