{"id":366946,"date":"2026-10-07T16:10:47","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T16:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/366946\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T16:10:47","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T16:10:47","slug":"two-suspects-arrested-in-massachusetts-for-stabbing-off-duty-nypd-detective-jose-mercedes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/366946\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Suspects Arrested in Massachusetts for Stabbing Off-Duty NYPD Detective Jose Mercedes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two undocumented immigrants with criminal histories were arrested in Massachusetts after authorities accused them of stabbing an off-duty NYPD detective seven times during a failed chain-snatching robbery in the Bronx.<\/p>\n<p>By Rocco Parascandola  <\/p>\n<p>Source New York Daily News<\/p>\n<p>What to Know<br \/>\nTwo suspects accused of stabbing an off-duty NYPD detective during an attempted chain robbery in the Bronx were arrested in Massachusetts after a multi-state manhunt.<br \/>\nDetective Jose Mercedes was stabbed seven times while fighting off the robbery attempt and has since been released from the hospital.<br \/>\nFederal officials said both suspects are undocumented immigrants with prior criminal histories, while the case has reignited debate over New York&#8217;s sanctuary policies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two undocumented immigrants with criminal histories were arrested in Massachusetts after authorities accused them of stabbing an off-duty&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":366947,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-366946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366946","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=366946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366946\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/366947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=366946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=366946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}