Crime & Safety
Off-Duty NYPD Officer Cuffed In West Village Brawl: Police
Officer Carlos Pereyra was arrested and charged after getting into a fight and resisting arrest Saturday night, officials said.
WEST VILLAGE, NY — An off-duty NYPD cop was cuffed just after midnight on Saturday after getting into a brawl and resisting an arrest by his peers, according to officials.
Carlos Pereyra, 26, was arrested at 12:40 a.m. on University Place after getting into a fight with an unknown man, police said.
Cops said that when they showed up to arrest their brawling coworker, Pereyra resisted arrest.
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According to the New York Post, the man Pereyra was fighting with was brought by first responders to a nearby hospital with minor injuries.
Officials charged Pereyra with assault, resisting arrest and obstructing governmental administration, police said.
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