Cop-taunting YouTuber ‘Famous Richard’ arrested on robbery charge by alert Port Authority cop
NY Post
A social media prankster with a penchant for taunting the NYPD picked on the wrong cop — and ended up in handcuffs on an attempted robbery rap.
Aspiring comedian and drill rapper Richard Sharp, 24, who goes by “Famous Richard” online, allegedly tried to shoot video of a Port Authority Police officer Friday when the alert cop recognized him as a wanted man from an earlier robbery attempt in Manhattan — and slapped on the cuffs.
“A YouTuber who films his antagonistic interactions with police officers approached Port Authority Police Officer Bradley DeSalvo in the 8th Avenue entrance of the Port Authority Bus Terminal,” wrote the Port Authority Police Benevolent Association union on Instagram.
“As the YouTuber was about to begin his act with a cohort filming, PO DeSalvo had a different trick up his sleeve,” the post said.
“It’s not clear if his cameraman captured the arrest on film, but he can rest assured the PAPD did. Isn’t it ironic?”
Sharp was wanted for an incident at a smoke shop on Broadway, in which he allegedly got into a dispute with employees “over the price of the property” shortly after 4 p.m. on Thursday, according to a criminal complaint filed by Manhattan prosecutors,
