Crime & Safety
Nassau Man Attacked Sanitation Workers: Police
Police say the man threw bricks at a garbage truck and shattered the window, then sprayed a chemical at the sanitation workers.

MASSAPEQUA PARK, NY — A Massapequa Park man was arrested Tuesday morning after police say he attacked sanitation workers.
According to police, officers were called to Atlantic Avenue in Massapequa Park just before 8:30 a.m. When they arrived, they met three Town of Oyster Bay sanitation workers who said that a man threw two bricks into the windshield of their garbage truck, shattering it. The man then went to the back of the truck and released a chemical spray at the workers.
Police say an investigation found that Daniel Cooney, 59, was responsible. He was arrested without incident.
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Cooney was charged with third-degree criminal mischief, three counts of attempted second-degree assault and two counts of fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon. He is scheduled to be arraigned later today in First District Court in Hempstead.
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