Venezuelan migrant who pleaded guilty to kicking cop in Times Square melee mysteriously skips sentencing — after judge let her out to ‘bond with her baby’

New mother convicted in migrants brawl with Times Square cops disappears before sentencing amid Trump immigration crackdown

A Manhattan judge on Monday issued an arrest warrant for a young mother convicted of participating in a January 2024 melee between a group of migrants and NYPD officers when she didn’t appear for sentencing.  The warrant was issued against Edgarlis Vegas, 22, who pleaded guilty to second-degree assault in October for kicking an officer during the clash that took place Jan. 27, 2024 and was released from custody on Rikers Island the same day to g…

Venezuelan migrant who pleaded guilty to kicking cop in Times Square melee mysteriously skips sentencing — after judge let her out to ‘bond with her baby’

A Venezuelan migrant who admitted to attacking a cop during the Times Square melee was nowhere to be found at her sentencing Monday — after a Manhattan...

A Venezuelan migrant who participated in the attack on a police officer in Times Square had been released on parole to “establish a link with her newborn baby,” but did not appear on Monday at the hearing where she would be sentenced. Edgarlis Vegas, 21, was to be sentenced to one year in prison after pleading guilty for kicking the police on January 27, 2024. However, her lawyer Eric Bernstein, said that she would not appear in court. “My indic…