Video obtained by The Post shows an unsuspecting gun-toting chump getting busted after he flashed a loaded weapon inside a Bronx deli — right next to two plainclothes NYPD cops.
Martin Mateo, 28, allegedly displayed a black .22 caliber revolver and waved it around inside the bodega on Southern Boulevard near East 149th Street.One of the cops holds Mateo against the counter as he cuffs him.The gun Mateo held was loaded with three rounds of live ammunition in the cylinder, according to a criminal complaint. Each round is a metal casing topped with a metal projectile.“Yeah, I had the gun,” he reportedly said. “I found it four days ago and held onto it.
Mateo has since been arraigned on weapons possession charges, as well as reckless endangerment and possession of ammunition, according to a criminal complaint.He was ordered held on $20,000 cash bail and $100,000 bond or $100,000 partially secured bond at 10 percent.Mateo has three open arrests — one on a federal conspiracy charge from February of 2018, and two assault raps — one from April of 2017 and the other from November of 2011, cops said.
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