Find Your Daily Voice
59°
Tag: 5505 Snyder Ave, Brooklyn, NY
Bridgeport Man Charged With Attack On Nypd Cop, Tossing Molotov Cocktail
A Fairfield County man is being charged in federal court with an attack on an NYPD officer over the weekend and then tossing a Molotov cocktail.
Lionel Virgile, age 44, of Bridgeport, will face a federal just on a charge of arson on Monday, April 19, for the attack which took place in Brooklyn on Saturday, April 17, said the NYPD.
According to police, around 8 a.m., Saturday, 67 Precinct officers stopped Virgile in a gray 2000 Lincoln Town car for a traffic infraction.
The officers were speaking with Virgile when he opened the car door and threw an unknown liquid substance in an officer's …
