Four migrants who arrived by bus in New York are arrested for stealing $12,000 from Macy’s

On Monday, officials said four migrants who arrived in New York by bus from Texas were arrested for stealing thousands of dollars worth of merchandise from a Nassau County mall.

Vrallan Cabezas Meza, 19, Miguel Angel Rojas, 21, Rafael Rojas, 27, and José García Escobar, 30, are accused of coming from the Big Apple to Garden City and stealing goods worth 12 $489 from Macy’s Roosevelt Field earlier this month, according to the data. county police.

Police caught the team shortly after a Jan. 9 robbery in Hampstead when Meza was pulled over for allegedly failing to use a turn signal in a 2006 BMW with fake license plates, the criminal complaint in the case says.

The suspects later told a Nassau County Hispanic detective that they had come to New York by bus from Lone Star State, Detective Lieutenant Richard Lebrun said.

It is not yet clear when they were brought north, according to Nassau County police, Meza crossed the US-Mexico border on July 4, 2022, and the rest in September last year.

Miguel and Rafael Rojas live at the Westin Hotel on West 57th Street in Manhattan, according to police.

The police did not say what exactly was stolen from the department store.

The four suspects appeared in court on January 10 and were released without bail.

During a news conference Monday, Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman said he agreed with Mayor Eric Adams “that we have a crisis at the border and he has now migrated across the United States to the New York metropolitan area.”

“But I want to be clear: here in Nassau County, our police department will be vigilant to ensure that anyone who commits a crime is tracked down, caught and arrested,” Blakeman said.

Thousands of migrants were brought to New York by bus from the border after they arrived in the US seeking asylum.

The influx forced the city to open five emergency response and assistance centers and use hotel rooms to house people. The city has also tried to use cruise ships as temporary accommodation.

Adams called on federal and state legislators to help pay for the cost of migrants in New York. More than 39,000 asylum seekers have arrived in the Big Apple since spring.

The mayor said the crisis was costing the city, which already had an overburdened housing system, millions of dollars.