On Monday morning we informed you that the area around Halsey L train stop witnessed a full force chase, potentially after a handcuffed suspect who escaped a custody. On Sunday night at around 11:30PM, the police descended on the area around Irving Avenue and Covert Street. “As many as 40 uniformed responders at the scene, including a SWAT team and a helicopter,” estimated an eyewitness. So what was the whole commotion about?

Daily News shed more light onto the incident yesterday. The escapee was 17-year old Maurice White who, with his 14-year old accomplice, allegedly robbed a delivery man of $200 cash (it seems that being a delivery boy in Bushwick is not such a pleasant job after all…).