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Police: 2 people arrested for attacking police officer, medic in Valley Stream

Police say Brigitte Attapoku required medical treatment and became violent, attacking an officer and biting a medic.

News 12 Staff

Feb 26, 2024, 5:39 AM

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Police say two people are facing charges for allegedly assaulting a pair of first responders in Valley Stream.

Police say they went to a home in Valley Stream for a welfare check.

Officers say 43-year-old Brigitte Attapoku required medical treatment.

News 12 has been told she then became violent, attacking an officer and biting a Nassau County police medic.

Police say her son, Manai Frank, 23, then pushed the medic.

The officer and the medic were hospitalized.

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