NYC lady arrested for setting pleasure flag on fireplace, vandalizing NYPD cop vehicles

A lady was arrested Monday for an alleged crime spree that included setting a pleasure flag on fireplace exterior of a Soho restaurant and vandalizing two NYPD vehicles, police mentioned.

Angelina Cando, 35, was hit with hate crime expenses and different offenses over the 2 incidents from Sunday night time into early Monday morning, cops mentioned.

Cando allegedly set fireplace to the rainbow flag hanging exterior the Little Prince restaurant on Prince Road close to MacDougal Road in Manhattan round 1:30 a.m. Monday, cops mentioned. 

The hearth broken a part of the skin of the constructing earlier than it was extinguished by the firefighters.

She was charged with arson as a hate crime, felony mischief as a hate crime and reckless endangerment as a hate crime.

Cando additionally allegedly scrawled “Jesus is King” on the again of two NYPD patrol vehicles parked on Varick Road between Ericson Place and North Moore Road Sunday night time, police mentioned.

For that crime, she was slapped with felony mischief for possession of graffiti instruments.

The arrests are the newest of a number of for Cando this 12 months, cops mentioned. She was arrested in January for assault and in February for menacing, sources mentioned.