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Demand after gun bust by felon who made choke video
Ramsey Orta (right ), who videotaped the eadly police chokehold encoun-ter with Eric Garner, told his own wife, “Call A Sharpton right away” after being busted fo or gun possession Saturday night.
“Here’s their star witness, and he’s nothing but a criminal him self ,” a police source said of Orta, a felon with 25 arrests.
Aug. 2, 2014:
possession after Charged allegedly wiith stuffing gun a .25-caliber pistol into thee waistband of a teenage girl as copss approached them outside a Staten Issland hotel.
May 4, 2014: Charged with robbery, menacing and weapon possesssion after cops say he brandished a boxcutter to steal $10 from a
28-year-old manan on Staten Island.
June 15, 2013: Charged with gun possession and menacing after allegedly waving a handgun while threatening to kill a 25-year-old woman and her kids on Staten Island.
Aug. 3, 2012: Charged with assault after allegedly attacking a teenage girl on Staten Island.
Nov. 12, 2011: Charged with drug sale and possession for allegedly selling narcotics to an undercover cop on Staten Island.
Oct. 18, 2011: Charged with criminal possession of stolen property after cops say he drove a stolen 2008 Hyundai Elantra on Staten Island; also charged with driving without a license and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle.
May 27, 2009: Charged with assaulting a 22-year-old man in the East Village.