Peekskill Man Breaks Teens Nose, His Sister Spits on Officer

A Peekskill brother and sister were arrested last weekend after police attempted to arrest the brother and the sister interfered and then later spit in an officer’s face and violently resisted arrest, police said.

On Nov. 25 around 11:20 p.m. Officer Matt Basso saw Peekskill resident Hasseem Jenkins, 19, punch a 16-year-old male in the face on South Broad Street. Jenkins was part of a large group that was leaving a party at the Christopher Columbus Club.

Basso immediately attempted to take Jenkins into custody when his Jenkins sister Quantasia Jenkins, 21, interfered by pulling Basso and pushing him away from her brother.

This allowed Hasseem to escape Officer Basso’s custody and he fled on foot.

Basso and several other officers who had arrived to help chased Hasseem to a residence on the 900 block of Second Street where they eventually lost him.

Quantasia was taken into custody and charged with Resisting Arrest for interfering with the arrest of her brother. She was additionally charged with a second count of Resisting Arrest and Obstruction of Governmental Administration as she violently resisted officers who were placing her into custody and spit in the face of Officer Mike Lawrence. Hasseem Jenkins later turned himself in and was charged with Assault 2nd, a felony; Resisting Arrest, Obstruction of Governmental Administration, misdemeanors. Both Jenkins’ were held for arraignment in Peekskill City Court.

The original assault victim was treated by Peekskill EMS and transported to Hudson Valley Hospital where it was determined he sustained a broken nose.

The above information was provided by the Peekskill police. It does not indicate a conviction.

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