Crackdown on NYC ‘ghost plates’ nets gun-toting felon eyed in 2005 slay: cops
NY Post
A crackdown on toll-dodging drivers with “ghost’’ license plates just netted a career criminal with a loaded pistol who also is being eyed in a 2005 Brooklyn murder, authorities say.
Pedro Bonilla, 43, of The Bronx was among nearly 200 drivers nabbed by NYPD and MTA officers ferreting out vehicles with “ghost plates” or excessive toll violations during an investigation over just three days in the city last week.
Bonilla was halted on a motorcycle on the Third Avenue Bridge between Upper Manhattan and The Bronx for a traffic violation, authorities said.
He tried to escape but accelerated into a parked car, then attempted to flee on foot and was quickly captured, officials said.
Bonilla, a felon with a long history of firearm and robbery arrests, was found to be carrying a loaded .9mm gun at the time, authorities said.
He also is a person of interest in a 2005 Brooklyn homicide, according to the MTA.
