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Off-Duty Cop Arrested in Greenpoint For Alleged Assault, Weapon Possession: NYPD

June 11, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez

An off-duty police officer was arrested on Friday in Greenpoint’s 94th precinct in an alleged road rage incident, according to reports.

Police say Emel Lyndl Alegre, 34, was arrested near Metropolitan Avenue by the Brooklyn Queens Expressway just after 2 a.m. on June 8.

Alegre allegedly pulled out a knife while arguing with another driver near Long Island City in Queens, NBC News reported.

He was charged with assault, menacing, and criminal possession of a weapon, police say.

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kgd

It’s definitely Williamsburg, but it IS the 94th precinct and the 94th precinct’s station is in Greenpoint. Cut’em some slack

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donna marsh

The location of the incident is NOT Greenpoint!!! Are you afraid to call it Williamsburg because of the gentrifiers and developers and real estate values?

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