Crime & Safety
Queens Cop Arrested For Assaulting Boyfriend: NYPD
The NYPD officer was suspended without pay after punching her boyfriend in the head during an argument at her Jamaica home, police say.
JAMAICA, QUEENS -- An off-duty NYPD officer was arrested on Sunday after punching her boyfriend in the head in her Jamaica home, police said.
Marcella Shamblee, 27, was cuffed at around 7:15 a.m. after she allegedly took a swing at her boyfriend during a heated argument, police said. She was charged with third-degree criminal assault.
Shamblee was arraigned in Queens Criminal Court and released later that morning. She will appear back in court on April 16.
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Hours earlier, an NYPD administrative aide was arrested in Jamaica in a separate domestic dispute.
Imperia Davis, 23, was cuffed at around 1:45 a.m. after destroying a side-view mirror on her boyfriend's car during the fight on 90th Avenue and 184th Street, police said. She was charged with criminal mischief.
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Both women were suspended from the NYPD without pay, a spokesperson confirmed.
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