Police are searching for two men who allegedly sprayed a traffic enforcement agent in the face with a fire extinguisher in Harlem last week.
Police are searching for two men who allegedly assaulted a traffic agent in Harlem last week with a fire extinguisher . Police released photos of the suspects, including this man.
The bizarre incident unfolded on Saint Nicholas Avenue and West 118th on May 23 just before 7 a.m., authorities said. The victim, a 43-year-old male traffic enforcement cop, was on duty and in full uniform inside a marked police vehicle when the suspects pulled up alongside him in a gray sedan. Cops say one of the suspects in the sedan allegedly rolled down the car window before spraying the fire extinguisher into the traffic agent’s face. The suspects then fled the scene, driving northbound on Saint Nicholas Avenue.
The police are looking for two men wanted for spraying a traffic enforcement officer in the face with a fire extinguisher in Harlem. The photo is of one of the suspectsEMS transported the officer, who was suffering from eye irritation and pain, to St. Luke’s Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital. He was listed in stable condition.
Police say they have identified one of the attackers as 19-year-old Escarlin Polanco Gonzalez, who police say was previously arrested in December 2023 for reckless endangerment. The other suspect has yet to be identified. It is not immediately clear which of the suspects sprayed the fire extinguisher.Anyone with information in regard to the whereabouts of these individuals is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA .
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