CATCH HIM AT SCHOOL

Class was dismissed for a Brooklyn teenager arrested by police at a Ridgewood school last Wednesday, Sept. 17 for allegedly holding up a youth at a local park two days earlier, it was reported.

Law enforcement sources identified the suspect as 18-year-old Jovan Figueras of South 1st Street in Williamsburg.

According to authorities, the teenager was taken into custody at Grover Cleveland High School on Himrod Street after information obtained by police linked him to the theft of a cell phone from a youth at Grover Cleveland Park last Monday, Sept. 15.

Reportedly, the robbery occurred at around 2:20 p.m. on Sept. 15 inside the Ridgewood public green located at the intersection of Stanhope Street and Grandview Avenue.

Police stated that the male victim was playing basketball when he was approached by Figueras, who came at him from the side and issued a verbal threat before demanding his cell phone.

When the victim refused, law enforcement sources said, the perpetrator displayed a knife and then removed the victim's phone. Having taken the device, he fled from the scene.

Teen With Knife

The incident was later reported to the 104th Precinct. No injuries were reported.

Following an investigation, Figueras was located at Grover Cleveland High School at around 9:40 a.m. last Wednesday and was identified as the suspect in the theft.

He was taken into custody by P.O. Suk Hwang of the 104th Precinct and was charged with firstdegree robbery and criminal possession of a weapon.

According to court records, Figueras was arraigned last Thursday, Sept. 18 in Queens Criminal Court before Judge Mary O'Donoghue, who ordered him held in custody on $15,000 bail.

He is scheduled to return to court on Oct. 3.