Father and Son Cops Team Up on Arrest of Robbery Suspects

An NYPD deputy inspector marked the occasion of his pending retirement by inviting his police officer son to patrol with him Saturday and the pair subsequently disarmed and arrested two robbery suspects.

Deputy Inspector Jack Lewis, commanding officer of Brooklyn South Detective Operations, asked his son, Officer John Lewis, to be his driver on his next-to-last patrol before retirement, police officials said. His son's partner, Officer David Viglione, accompanied them.

Lewis is retiring after 28 years of service, His son and Viglione have been with the department for two years.

While patrolling in Brooklyn, the trio responded to a 4:15 a.m. report that a man had been shot in front of NY Tracks Cafe on Ralph Avenue. Upon arriving at the address, they found that a 37-year-old man had been wounded in the groin during an attempted robbery, police said.

The father-son team canvassed the area for suspects in their unmarked car with a witness who spotted a gray BMW that had been used by the gunman. The officers stopped the BMW and confronted the driver and his passenger.

The driver had a loaded 9 mm handgun in his waistband and the passenger attempted to toss a handgun under the BMW, said the officers.

The suspects, Jamel Childs, 25, and Jacob Jones, 36, both of Brooklyn, were each charged with five counts of attempted robbery, three counts of assault, attempted grand larceny, criminal possession of a weapon and reckless endangerment.

There was no indication that either had obtained a lawyer who could comment on the charges.

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