Cops want to question a U.S. Postal Service worker who they believe sent threatening texts to an NYPD police officer who had given him a summons for carrying a large can of pepper spray on a Bronx subway train, the Daily News has learned.
Three officers were in plainclothes, patrolling a northbound No. 6 train heading into the Parkchester station at the Hugh J. Grant Circle around 4:45 a.m. on Friday when they saw the canister of pepper spray sticking out of the 21-year-old off-duty postal employee’s pocket.
They pulled the man off the train, gave him a summons for possessing a noxious substance, and ejected him from the system, officials said.
About an hour later, one of the cops who gave the postal worker the summons received a phone call from a blocked number on his personal cellphone, a police source with knowledge of the case said.
After ignoring five calls from the number, the cop finally answered. The officer recognized the voice of the postal worker, who claimed he knew where he cop lived.
“I told you I’m not f—ing around,” the caller said, menacingly, according to police sources. “I’m going to get you.”
The postal worker called an additional 19 times, but the officer did not answer any of the calls, according to police sources. A short time later, the postal worker began texting the cop photos of a handgun, the sources said.
“This is what a real f—ing gun look like, d—head,” he texted along with the picture. “I will see you guys real soon, quick and easy.”
As of Saturday, the postal worker, who police have identified, remained at large, officials said.
His name is not being released by this paper because he has not been charged.