California man slugs NYPD sergeant who tried to guide him out of Times Square street in caught-on-video attack
A California man slugged a uniformed NYPD sergeant who tried to usher him out of a Times Square street in a caught-on-video attack early Tuesday — part of a troubling trend of attacks on uniformed officials in the Big Apple over the past few days.
Video posted to Instagram showed the moment the officer attempted to guide 21-year-old Aaron Cuauhtemoc Domsky by his arm out of the street at 7th Avenue and West 46th Street around 2:45 a.m.
6 Aaron Domsky, 21, shown allegedly punching an NYPD police
sergeant in the face in Times Square on Tuesday.
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A belligerent Domsky turned on the cop — dealing a single blow to his jaw and running off as the shell-shocked officer trailed him, the clip shows.
As Domsky tried to make his escape, he slapped a 19-year-old woman in the face and elbowed another woman, 35, in the back of the head — causing her to fall and hit her head on the ground, according to a criminal complaint.
Domsky, of Costa Mesa, was eventually arrested and charged with assault in the second and third degrees, according to court documents.
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Domsky was ordered held on $30,000 cash bail, $80,000 insurance company bond and $60,000 partially secured surety bond during his Wednesday arraignment.
6 Domsky, of California, allegedly assaulted two women as he made
a mad dash down Broadway in a failed attempt to evade police.
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He was also ordered to undergo a psychiatric exam and is scheduled to reappear in court on Friday.
The Times Square attack comes on the heels of at least three other recent crimes dating back to Friday targeting cops and other uniformed officials.
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A cop canvassing an upscale retail store on Bedford Avenue near North 4th Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, witnessed four people attempting to rob the place just before 10 p.m. Friday, cops said.
The detective attempted to stop the heist when the group began attacking him, cops said. Those suspects remain at large.
6 Domsky, 21, will undergo a psychiatric evaluation and is due back in court on Friday.
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In perhaps the most jarring incident, a bus rider in the Bronx threatened a ticket inspector with a gun because he refused to let a woman on who didn't have enough money, cops said.
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An Eagle Team inspector for the BX 21 turned a woman away because she didn't have money for the fare — with a man on the bus then offering to pay for her, cops said.
The man became irate with the ticket inspector and got off the bus — later returning to 163rd Street and 3rd Avenue to threaten the MTA employee with a handgun.
6 Security footage allegedly showed Taveon Hargrove and Wayne Lucas assaulting an officer in the Bronx.
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Nearby cops approached the gun-toting madman who then ditched the weapon and fled on foot.
Christopher Neal, 56, was charged with menacing, disorderly conduct, and criminal possession of a weapon.
NYPD officers were able to recover the gun and arrested the alleged perpetrator, according to police sources.
These brazen assaults come in the wake of the brutal mugging of an off-duty NYPD officer who was still in uniform on Saturday in the Bronx.
6 Taveon Hargrove, 23, was arrested in Virginia on Tuesday.
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Video showed the two goons knock the cop down, hold him at knifepoint and steal the NYPD gun belt from his car.
Taveon Hargrove, 23, was taken into custody in connection to the attack on Tuesday in Virginia after fleeing there with his mother.
US Marshals Regional Fugitive Task Force used the injured officer's own handcuffs to corral a bloodied Hargrove in the town of North Chesterfield.
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6 Wayne Lucas, 22, is wanted in connection to the assault and is still on the loose.
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The NYPD on Wednesday identified and released a photo of Hargrove's accomplice, 22-year-old Wayne Lucas, who is still on the loose.
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