Venezuelan migrant charged in Times Square cop beating is arrested AGAIN after being let out on bail

A Venezuelan migrant accused of leading the attack against NYPD officers in Times Square earlier this year has been arrested again for theft.

Yohenry Brito, 24, was arrested again on August 6 after he took several items with a total worth of $458 from Sephora, the NYPD told DailyMail.com on Monday.

Brito was on bail after being indicted by a grand jury over the January 27 attack on police in Times Square.

He was accused in court of being the 'most culpable' of six people arrested and held on a $50,000 bond at Rikers Island.

However, Brito was freed after Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Bay Ridge paid his bail in February. 

Yohenry Brito, 24, was arrested again on August 6 after he took several items from Sephora, the NYPD told DailyMail.com on Monday. He is pictured in court in February

The January attack on police reportedly took place when officers attempted to disperse a disorderly group in front of 220 West 42 Street

Brito is now in custody, with his next court appearance set for later on Monday.

Before his January arrest, Brito had also been charged with two unrelated theft charges. It included allegedly stealing $275 worth of goods from Bergdorf Goodman in October and $139 of clothing from Macy's.

Brito is one of seven migrants charged in the alleged assault on police. 

The January attack on police reportedly took place when officers attempted to disperse a disorderly group in front of 220 West 42 Street.

A fight, which was filmed, broke out between a suspect in a yellow sweatshirt and the police officers.

According to the NYPD, the migrants then started to attack the officers, kicking them in the head and body while the two officers tried to pin down one of the other men, tearing off his sweatshirt.

Brito is now in custody, with his next court appearance set for later on Monday. He is pictured in February

One of the officers involved in the melee with the migrants, Lieutenant Ben Kurian, was the guest of NY rep Nicole Malliotakis to the State of the Union address in March.

Police officials have expressed outrage that five of the six suspects arrested were released.

Responding to public criticism, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has said his office was still working to ensure that all the men were correctly identified. One of the men arrested was not prosecuted because of insufficient evidence of his involvement, a spokesperson for Bragg said. 

A decade ago, New York City held up to 3,000 people in custody each year for the purpose of helping federal immigration authorities initiate detention and deportation proceedings. 

In some cases, immigration attorneys said, police would proactively alert federal authorities immediately after making an arrest – long before a conviction was secured. 

Kenneth Genalo, the field office director in New York for ICE, said the city’s lack of cooperation had made it harder to deport criminals.

'We’re no longer contacted,' he said.

'There are hundreds of people being arrested throughout the city, and if we can’t determine which ones are the most violent, we have to find out unfortunately through the media.'