Brooklyn man arrested for assaulting Nassau County police officers
Police say the two officers received injuries during the 35-year-old's arrest as he allegedly became violent and resisted.
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A Brooklyn man has been arrested after assaulting two Nassau County police officers on Sunday.
Nassau police say that officers were dispatched at around 5:48 a.m. to a report of a vehicle stopped near the intersection of Nassau Expressway and Rock Hall Road in Lawrence with the driver appearing to be asleep. When the officers attempted to wake the man he then allegedly spit at them and became combative.
Police say the two officers received injuries during the 35-year-old's arrest as he allegedly became violent and resisted.
The man, who police identified as Luis Chiguano Cuchiparte, was taken into custody without further incident and found to be intoxicated. He is being charged with assault, driving while intoxicated, obstructing governmental administration, resisting arrest, harassment, open containers of alcoholic beverages in vehicles and a vehicle and traffic law infraction.
Both officers were transported to a nearby hospital for minor injuries. Police say Cuchiparte will be arraigned on Monday at the First District Court in Hempstead.
