VALLEY STREAM, NY — A mother and son were charged with assault after one struck an officer and bit a medic on Sunday in Valley Stream, Nassau police said.
Officers responded to a Valley Stream home to conduct a welfare check at about 1:30 p.m., and upon arrival, determined Brigitte Atta-Poku, 43, required medical treatment and evaluation, but she became violent and combative, striking an officer multiple times and bit a police medic, according to police.
During the struggle, her son, Manai A. Frank, 23, jumped toward the medic and pushed
him, injuring him and an officer, police said.
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The medic and the officer were taken to a local area hospital for treatment, and Atta-Poku and Frank were both placed under arrest, according to police.
Atta-Poku was taken to a local hospital for medical treatment and evaluation, a police spokeswoman said.
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Further details were not released.
Brigitte Atta-Poku is charged with second-degree assault and resisting arrest. Manai A. Frank has been charged with second-degree assault.
The duo has been scheduled for arraignment on Monday in First District Court in Hempstead.
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