NYPD cop to confront charges for striking man over spilled drink

Raymond Crespo claims an NYPD officer assaulted him.

(OBTAINED BY DAILY NEWS)

A NYPD officer blamed for striking a Coney Island man over a spilled drink is relied upon to confront criminal allegations Monday, sources said. 

Officer O'Keefe Thompson was at that point on changed obligation in the wake of his claimed conflict with Raymond Crespo on July 8. 

As indicated by Crespo, he was at the intersection of Mermaid Pkwy. what's more, W. 32nd St. at the point when his companion thumped his glass — loaded with liquor — on the ground. The container came toward Thompson, who was on watch adjacent. 

The officer told Crespo, 22, to tidy up the wreckage yet Crespo won't. 

"By then he hurried me, yet I went into the store," Crespo told the Day by day News. 

"He snatched me, began swinging on me, and I'm battling to remain in the store, as you may already know. When I let go of the door, I hit it on the correct side of my eye. Also, blast, I let go of the entryway, I come outside and he's dragging me all through a similar zone." 

Crespo said he endured a blackout and a wounded eye. He didn't get captured despite the fact that he insulted Thompson to do as such amid the encounter. 

While at Coney Island Healing facility, Crespo announced the experience and was later met by the Inward Issues Department. 

The following day, Crespo saw Thompson — in casually dressed — strolling toward him as he was attempting to go home. 

"He was over my body saying, 'You're going to s - on my name? You're going to truly s - on my name. You realize what I ought to do to you,'" Crespo reviewed. 

Days after the fact, Crespo saw Thompson again — while on obligation — on a similar corner where he was assaulted and the officer endeavored to eliminate any confusion air. 

Thompson, who was relegated to the 77th Region in Crown Statures, Brooklyn, is required to hand himself over Monday to get summoned in Brooklyn Preeminent Court on an arraignment with a best tally of witness terrorizing. 

On the off chance that sentenced, Thompson confronts up to four years in jail.

Source: www.nydailynews.com

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