Savage duo accused of brutally beating, robbing NYPD rookie left shoeprint on his face: prosecutors

The savage duo accused of attacking and robbing an off-duty NYPD rookie in the Bronx beat him so badly that they left a shoeprint on his face, prosecutors said Thursday as one of the brutes was arraigned on attempted murder charges.A photo shows the badly battered Officer Chowdhury Nafees, 27, laying a hospital bed with a large pink square grid shoe print stamped on his face, and an another image, the print had slightly faded but the officer’s eye was sealed shut, swollen and bruised.Nafees’ disfiguring injuries came up in court as Senior Trial District Attorney pushed for alleged attacker Wayne Lucas, 23, to be held without bail in the vicious May 24 attack in Westchester Square.“During the robbery, they found out that he was an officer, and they didn’t stop the robbery,” Senior Trial District Attorney Paul Irace said in court.“They continued the robbery.

This defendant continued the robbery, and his co-defendant stomped the victim’s head so hard into the ground that over a week after this robbery, he still bore the shoeprint in his face.”“He has vision loss at this time, he had multiple facial fractures,” the ADA added.“We’re now almost over two weeks after [the incident], and he still is having vision issues.”Irace added that the heartless pair threw Nafees to the ground, before Lucas held a knife to the victim’s neck and his alleged accomplice, Taveon Hargrove, 23, picked his pockets and stole his loaded service pistol.

Lucas — who was picked up in Virginia last week and then extradited to the Big Apple — pleaded not guilty as Judge George Villegas arraigned him on a 34-count indictment that also included charges of assault, robbery, grand larceny and criminal possession of stolen property.Villegas upheld Irace’s request and ordered Lucas held without bail. Hargrove, who was also indicted, was picked up in Virginia a day earlier than his pal but is fighting extradition.“This attack was egregious and brutal,” Bronx Distri...