NYPD
cop arrested two months after Washington Heights bar fight that left man with
brain damage
Ariel
Frias charged with assault in off-duty incident
BY
JOHN DOYLE / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Mamajuana
Cafe in Washington Heights, where fight involving off-duty NYPD cop Ariel Frias
left a man with brain damage.
An
NYPD officer has been arrested more than two months after he allegedly punched
a man in a bar fight, leaving the victim with brain damage, authorities said.
Ariel
Frias, 27, an NYPD officer, was arrested on Wednesday and charged with assault,
police said.
Frias
was off duty and partying with a friend at Mamajuana Cafe on Dyckman St. in
Washington Heights, about 3:30 a.m. on Jan. 8, when he allegedly punched Edwin
Veloz, 23, knocking him unconscious, according to court papers.
Veloz
suffered brain damage as a result of the assault, court papers said.
The
other suspect, Javier Delarosa, 26, surrendered to police on Jan. 17 and was
charged with assault, cops said.
Frias,
who has five years with the NYPD is assigned to the departments quartermasters
section, said police. He was was arraigned Wednesday on assault charges and
suspended without pay.
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