Two fugitives wanted in the stabbing of an off-duty New York City police detective were captured in Massachusetts late Tuesday night after a multistate manhunt, the U.S. Marshals Service announced. Authorities identified the suspects as Dangelo Caraballo and Sneider Mejia and said both were taken into custody without further incident or injuries.
The pair are being held by Massachusetts State Police awaiting extradition to New York. The U.S. Marshals Service’s Southern District of New York and District of Massachusetts announced the arrests after investigators tracked the suspects across state lines.
The detective, Jose Mercedes, 33, is a 10-year NYPD veteran assigned to the 44th Precinct. According to the account of the attack, he was cleaning out his car’s trunk in broad daylight Friday when the suspects approached and tried to take his gold chain. Mercedes resisted and tried to defend himself…