{"id":190191,"date":"2026-04-08T22:59:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T22:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/190191\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T22:59:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T22:59:07","slug":"news-12-brooklyn-man-pleads-guilty-to-setting-fire-to-multiple-nypd-vehicles-last-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/190191\/","title":{"rendered":"News 12 | Brooklyn | Man Pleads Guilty To Setting Fire To Multiple Nypd Vehicles Last Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">A 22-year-old man accused of setting multiple police vehicles on fire last summer pleaded guilty in court on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Jahki McCray appeared before a judge and entered a guilty plea to a felony arson charge connected to a June 2025 incident. Following the hearing, McCray walked out of the courthouse under conditions agreed upon with prosecutors.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">McCray admitted to intentionally setting fire to 11 police vehicles and one trailer, acknowledging in court that he understood the possible consequences of his actions at the time.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Friends and fellow protesters surrounded the New Jersey native as he left the courthouse. He will remain free until his pre-sentencing date.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Prosecutors said McCray\u2019s estimated sentence is expected to be around five years in prison, citing his prior arrest history. However, the maximum sentence for an arson conviction carries a penalty of up to 20 years.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The incident occurred just two days before several No King protests took place around the city. Prosecutors told the court that the timing limited police response capabilities.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">McCray, who is described as a known protester, appeared to be in good spirits as he exited the courthouse.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">An exact date for his sentencing has not yet been confirmed, but he is expected to return to court for final sentencing in the near future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 22-year-old man accused of setting multiple police vehicles on fire last summer pleaded guilty in court on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":190192,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-190191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190191\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/190192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}