CROWN HEIGHTS — A 17-year-old girl was arrested for attacking a person being interviewed by police, then turning around and punching the officer, NYPD officials said.
Officers were conducting an investigation on the corner of Nostrand Avenue and Empire Boulevard at 4:20 p.m. on April 5, when the teenager came up from behind police and punched their interview subject five times in the face.
When police tried stopping the teen, she hit one of the officers in the face. She was arrested and charged with assault of an officer and resisting arrest, court records show.
It's unclear if she knew the victim, who was unidentified by police, and unknown what provoked the assault.
Other notable crimes in this week’s blotter from the 71st Precinct in Crown Heights, Prospect-Lefferts Gardens and East Flatbush include:
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► Police responded to 10 shots fired at 9 p.m. on April 5 near the Parkside Playground on Parkside Avenue between Bedford and Rogers avenues. Upon investigation, police found four spent shells inside the playground. No suspects were identified in the shooting and no injuries were reported.
► An employee at a Family Dollar on East New York Avenue reported that a woman threatened staff with pepper spray as she stole boxer briefs from the store at 10:30 a.m. on April 6. The woman put the briefs in her coat inside the 887 East New York Ave. store and escaped by displaying the pepper spray and threatening workers. She has not been apprehended.
► A 47-year-old man was arrested for assaulting another man inside 599 Clarkson Ave., a men’s shelter at the former Kingsboro Psychiatric Center. Police said the man was having an argument with his 52-year-old victim, also a resident at the shelter, at 6:30 a.m. on April 7, then hit him multiple times in the mouth and leg. Alfredo James was charged was felony assault among other charges, court records show.
► A 26-year-old man was arrested for shooting at and threatening a 62-year-old man on Montgomery Street near Schenectady Avenue. Police said the man fired off the gun at approximately 10:15 p.m. on April 10 and threatened the victim. Police caught up with Terrell Lewis in front of a nearby building and arrested him. He is charged with criminal possession of a firearm, menacing and harassment, among other charges, court records show. Lewis was also facing charges on two other open cases in Brooklyn, one for assault and another for attempted murder. He is in jail without bail, court records show, and is due back in court April 17.
