The teen s family told Eyewitness News reporter Jim Dolan that he was not there at the time of the incident and did not participate.
Police arrested and charged a 17-year-old male on Friday for the crimes, which damaged a BMW and a taxi and left their occupants shaken up.
The incident was reported Tuesday just after 4 p.m. at the intersection of East 21st Street and Fifth Avenue, and on Thursday, a group of teens surrounded and smashed two cars.
One of the teens allegedly kicked the BMW SUV as a large group surrounded it.
The previously charged teen s parents said he had an alibi, and he was at the Queens Center Mall buying a present for his brother at the time of the incident.
The teen s family told Eyewitness News reporter Jim Dolan that he was not there at the time of the incident and did not participate.
Police arrested and charged a 17-year-old male on Friday for the crimes, which damaged a BMW and a taxi and left their occupants shaken up.
The incident was reported Tuesday just after 4 p.m. at the intersection of East 21st Street and Fifth Avenue, and on Thursday, a group of teens surrounded and smashed two cars.
One of the teens allegedly kicked the BMW SUV as a large group surrounded it.
The previously charged teen s parents said he had an alibi, and he was at the Queens Center Mall buying a present for his brother at the time of the incident.
Police have made the first of several expected arrests after a group of bicyclists were caught on surveillance video surrounding a BMW and attacking the vehicle with the driver inside.