Overview

• On June 12, a 21-year-old suspect allegedly set fire to 11 NYPD vehicles parked at Central and Dekalb Avenues in Bushwick, causing over $500,000 in damage and impacting nearby homes.
• Crime Stoppers, the ATF and U.S. Marshals have contributed to the $30,000 reward, which will be paid in stages from arrest through conviction.
• Surveillance footage captured Lodgson-McCray acting alone, carrying firestarters in a reusable bag, changing clothes multiple times and fleeing into Manhattan.
• He is wanted for a September 2024 criminal mischief incident at Columbia University, where he is accused of disguising himself as a student to damage a campus statue.
• Lodgson-McCray also faces pending charges for disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and assault in Manhattan and Queens that have kept him at large.