Authorities said a 43-year-old criminal hurt a policeman who was attempting to apprehend him for breaking into a car in Port Richmond.
According to criminal complaints, Douglas Simmonds of Hart Boulevard in Randall Manor was involved in a troubling string of incidents from August through November, including breaking into cars, having drugs, and aggressively resisting arrest.
Allegedly grabs officer s shirt
Simmonds reportedly raised his hands, flailed his arms, and attempted to flee when a uniformed police officer attempted to arrest him on October 1 at approximately 5:23 p.m. on Maple Avenue in relation to a previous vehicle break-in. According to the complaint, in order to stop authorities from handcuffing him, he grabbed the officer’s shirt, pulled him to the ground, and then continued to flail and tense his arms and torso.
According to authorities, the grounded officer had a hairline fracture in his hand, redness on his neck, and bruises on his legs.
During the confrontation on Maple Avenue, officers discovered a glass pipe that had cocaine in the defendant’s possession.
Simmonds was arrested when the officer tried to apprehend him in relation to the August 29 break-in of a Toyota minivan near DeGroot Place and Clove Road in West Brighton at around 9:30 a.m.
According to the complaint, the defendant damaged the Toyota’s rear passenger-side window in that event, then entered the van through the broken window and took a wallet containing several credit cards.
In that instance, he was accused of assault, grand larceny, criminal mischief, criminal possession of stolen property, petit larceny, resisting arrest, and criminal possession of a controlled substance.
Burglar tools, drugs allegedly seized
Police claim that Simmonds was found in possession of drugs early on October 20 in the area of DeGroot Place and Bodine Street in West Brighton, a few weeks after the arrest on Maple Avenue.
Simmonds allegedly disobeyed an officer in uniform who told him to stop leaving.
Simmonds allegedly stiffened his arms to try to avoid being handcuffed as the officer tried to apprehend him.
The officers claim to have seized a screwdriver, a box cutter with a glass breaker, and plastic-knuckled gloves, among other burglary equipment.
According to the complaint, the defendant was also found in possession of two pushrods and a glass pipe that contained cocaine residue.
The suspect faces charges of criminal possession of a controlled narcotic, resisting arrest, obstructing government administration, and possessing burglary tools.
Another alleged break-in
Simmonds was most recently arrested on Nov. 16 for allegedly breaking into a car on Oct. 7 at 12:50 a.m. in Port Richmond on the 300 block of Heberton Avenue.
Police were informed by a 57-year-old man that he parked his car there on October 5. A source with knowledge of the case said that when he got back to his car two days later, he discovered that his rear passenger side glass was damaged and that $2,000 worth of cash and tools had been taken.
According to the complaint, Simmonds broke a window of the gray Ford with his arms and took out a blue toolbox that included two Dewalt hammer drills and a bag of coins.
Simmonds allegedly entered PLS Check Cashiers, located at 169 Port Richmond Ave. in Port Richmond, a short while later, with the blue toolbox in tow. The lawsuit alleges that the defendant placed quarters in a change machine located within that establishment.
Burglary, criminal possession of stolen property, criminal mischief, grand larceny, petit larceny, and criminal trespass are among the charges against the defendant.
According to public records, the defendant, who is 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighs around 165 pounds, has entered a not guilty plea to all charges, been freed on bail of $30,000/$15,000 cash, and is scheduled to return to state Criminal Court in St. George on December 10.
Simmonds’s attorney, Yan Katsnelson, chose not to comment at this time.
Merit release from prison
According to official records, Simmonds was sentenced to 18 months to three years in jail for crimes of vehicle stripping in the second degree and grand larceny in the fourth degree. In October 2022, he was granted a merit release to parole.
Authorities said the conviction was connected to Simmonds’ arrest on February 9, 2020, near Victory Boulevard and St. Marks Place in Tompkinsville, where he was found in possession of goods that had been taken from a car in the area less than an hour earlier.
According to the complaint, police confiscated a gray backpack and an Apple iPhone 8 from the suspect.
Around 10 a.m. that same day, the victim parked his 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan on Austin Place next to Victory Boulevard.
Authorities claim that Simmonds purposefully shattered and broke the back window latch lock in order to gain entry to the Dodge, based on an examination of video surveillance and other evidence.
When the victim got back to his car at around eleven in the morning, it was broken and robbed.
According to the complaint, the owner said that a pair of men’s shoes and an Apple iPad were gone from his car along with the cell phone and rucksack.
Body armor incident
Simmonds was arrested in connection with a grand larceny in October 2019.
According to the indictment, Simmonds stole more than $1,000 worth of items from a car somewhere between July 15 and July 16, 2019, including a Pointblank Enterprises AX3A body armor vest, another set of body armor, a wet/dry vacuum, and a first-aid kit.
According to authorities, the incident happened in Sunnyside on Seneca Avenue close to Niagara Street.
In one case, he was charged with criminal mischief, auto stripping, and grand larceny.
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