{"id":190568,"date":"2026-04-09T06:15:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T06:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/190568\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T06:15:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T06:15:19","slug":"brooklyn-activist-pleads-guilty-to-setting-fire-to-11-nypd-vehicles-national-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/190568\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn activist pleads guilty to setting fire to 11 NYPD vehicles | National News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jakhi McCray, 22, admitted to the June 12 arson spree, which New York City police officials said caused $800,000 in damage to department vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>kAmw6 7246D 2 &gt;2?52E@CJ &gt;:?:&gt;F&gt; @7 d J62CD 2?5 FA E@ EH@ 564256D \ud83d\ude15 AC:D@? H96? D6?E6?465]k^Am<\/p>\n<p>kAm\u201cqJ 56=:36C2E6=J D6EE:?8 7:C6 E@ &gt;F=E:A=6 A@=:46 G69:4=6D \ud83d\ude15 E96 AC6\\52H? 9@FCD[ E96 5676?52?E AFE 2E C:D&lt; E96 =:G6D @7 7:CDE C6DA@?56CD 2?5 C6D:56?ED 2D=66A \ud83d\ude15 E96:C 365D ?62C3J[ 2?5 F=E:&gt;2E6=J[ DEC2:?65 C6D@FC46D &gt;62?E E@ AC@E64E E96 4@&gt;&gt;F?:EJ[\u201d &amp;]$] pEE@C?6J y@D6A9 }@46==2 D2:5 \ud83d\ude15 2 DE2E6&gt;6?E (65?6D52J]k^Am<\/p>\n<p>kAm!C@D64FE@CD D2:5 |4rC2J D42=65 2 76?46 =625:?8 E@ 2 A@=:46 A2C&lt;:?8 =@E \ud83d\ude15 qC@@&lt;=J? 2?5 AC@466565 E@ E@C49 `_ }*!s G69:4=6D 2?5 2 EC2:=6C] w6 6D42A65 E9C@F89 2 9@=6 \ud83d\ude15 E96 76?46 27E6C 36:?8 DA@EE65 3J 2? }*!s @77:46C[ 3FE 96 =67E 369:?5 2 4:82C =:89E6C 2?5 A2:C @7 DF?8=2DD6D H:E9 9:D 7:?86CAC:?ED[ 244@C5:?8 E@ 2 4@&gt;A=2:?E]k^Am<\/p>\n<p>kAm|4rC2J EFC?65 9:&gt;D6=7 :?E@ A@=:46 2 &gt;@?E9 =2E6C] pE E96 E:&gt;6[ 96 AFE @FE 2 DE2E6&gt;6?E 564CJ:?8 E96 92C2DD&gt;6?E 72465 3J @E96CD H9@ DA@&lt;6 @FE \u201cE96 \u200b\u200b86?@4:56 \ud83d\ude15 !2=6DE:?6 2?5 E96 &lt;:5?2AA:?8 @7 &gt;:8C2?ED]Q w6 D2:5 96 925 366? 2CC6DE65 `a E:&gt;6D AC6G:@FD=J 2?5 H2D 7C6BF6?E=J =:65 23@FE 3J E96 AC6DD 2?5 A@=:46]k^Am<\/p>\n<p>kAmp? 2EE@C?6J 7@C |4rC2J[ #@? zF3J[ 5676CC65 4@&gt;&gt;6?E E@ 2 4@==64E:G6 @7 24E:G:DED DFAA@CE:?8 |4rC2J]k^Am<\/p>\n<p>kAmx? 2 DE2E6&gt;6?E 5:DEC:3FE65 (65?6D52J[ E96 $FAA@CE r@&gt;&gt;:EE66 7@C y2&lt;9: |4rC2J 56D4C:365 9:&gt; 2D 2 \u201c565:42E65 @C82?:K6C[ 24E:G:DE[ 2?5 4@&gt;&gt;F?:EJ &gt;6&gt;36C H9@D6 H@C&lt; 92D E@F4965 4@F?E=6DD =:G6D]\u201dk^Am<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jakhi McCray, 22, admitted to the June 12 arson spree, which New York City police officials said caused&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":190569,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,11260,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-190568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-national_news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190568","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=190568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190568\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/190569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}