5 Nassau cops treated for injuries in two confrontations

In the Hempstead case, police said, Nestor Artega struggled with Third Squad detectives trying to arrest him at his home Sunday morning at 12:14 a.m. in connection with a May 30 domestic assault.

During the fracas, one detective suffered a back injury, another suffered injuries to his leg and face, and a Hempstead police sergeant hurt his hand. The trio were taken to a hospital, where they were still being treated Sunday morning, said police spokesman Officer Michael Toich. Artega wasn't hurt, Toich said.

Artega, 26, is also accused of kicking out the window of a Hempstead police car, causing $300 in damage, after he'd been detained, police said.

Artega was to be arraigned Sunday at First District Court in Hempstead on charges including second-degree and third-degree assault, third-degree criminal mischief, fourth-degree dangerous weapon possession and resisting arrest, police said.

And about 31 minutes after Artega's arrest, a near riot erupted in New Cassel when police tried to arrest a man they spotted smoking a marijuana cigarette on the street outside "a large loud house party" at 157 Kinkel St., police said. Two men, Carlhens Souffrant, 27, of the Kinkel Street address, and Evens Pierre, 29, of 262 Covert St., interfered and began to incite the crowd that had gathered, police said.

When police tried to arrest the two men, a struggled ensued: a police sergeant sustained a sprained shoulder and another office received a leg cut, police said. Both were treated and released from the hospital.

Souffrant and Pierre are charged with second-degree assault, first-degree riot, resisting arrest, second-degree obstructing governmental administration. They were to be arraigned Sunday.

Amid the chaos, a police spokeswoman said, the marijuana smoker managed to flee and averted capture.

Posted Sunday, July 18, 2010

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