Man with eleven prior arrests bludgeons female NYPD cop in the head with a bottle
Shocking Moment Criminal With ELF Past Arrests Clubs Female NYPD Officer In The Head With A Bottle, Then Attacks Her As She Inspected Bronx Smoke Shop
- A man was filmed hitting a female NYPD officer on the head with a bottle
- The agent is stationed in Queens, but was in the Bronx for smoke shop inspections
- She was taken to hospital for treatment and determined to be in stable condition
A surveillance camera captured the moment when a man randomly hit a female NYPD officer on the head with a bottle.
The clip, posted to the NYC Scoop Twitter page, shows the cop outside a sandwich shop in the Bronx just before 2 p.m. Monday, when the man comes after her out of the blue and begins beating her and her partner.
After making initial contact, he began throwing blows at her male partner and was quickly put in a headlock by a third officer. Meanwhile, the female officer ran out into the road with her head in her hand.
The injured police officer, whose identity is unknown, was reportedly taken to St. Barnabas Hospital where she was treated and determined to be in stable condition.
The man was identified by police as 45-year-old Jose Garcia of Kingsbridge Heights New York Postand is said to have had 11 previous arrests.
A surveillance camera captured the moment when a man randomly hit a female NYPD officer on the head with a bottle
The attack occurred near 231st Street and Broadway outside Delicious Deli and Alltown Car Service around 1:40 p.m. on April 17.
According to NYC Scoop, the woman attacked was an officer from the 50th Precinct in Queens. Sources told the Post she was in the Bronx conducting smoke shop inspections as a number of smoke shops have begun selling cannabis illegally.
The incident was captured on surveillance footage, which also shows two men filming in the street before the attack. In another video, police appear to be performing an operation on the sandwich shop that caught the attention of the public.
In a video shot by one of the two men, the man, allegedly Garcia, takes a glass bottle from his right pocket, which he then smashes over the officer’s head.
Video shot from a different angle shows a New York sheriff walking from a parked van to the deli
The attack occurred near 231st Street and Broadway outside Delicious Deli and Alltown Car Service
After it deflected off her head, it fell to the ground and smashed it, after which he continued to punch her and her partner with a fist.
A New York City sheriff, who was seen just before walking from a parked van to the deli, then reappears and arrests the assailant.
Garcia was arrested and charged with assault, obstruction of government administration, resisting arrest, endangerment, criminal possession of weapons and harassment, police told the Post.
In February, as part of a renewed effort to eliminate New York City’s illicit weed market, Mayor Eric Adams and Manhattan’s chief prosecutor announced they would crack down on landlords who operate illicit shops.
Since the legalization of cannabis in 2021, the state has issued 66 permits. Only two shops have opened, but it is thought that there are 1,400 illegal shops in the city.