An FDNY firefighter, Abel Sencion, was arrested and charged with assault after allegedly punching an on-duty NYPD officer in the face at Queens Hospital Center in Jamaica. The incident occurred late Wednesday while the officer, assigned to guard a sick prisoner, was on duty at the hospital. The criminal complaint said the officer suffered redness, swelling, and pain. Police said the two men did not know each other, exchanged no words, and no apparent motive was identified. Investigators said Sencion appeared to be having a mental health episode when he began throwing punches. Sencion was arraigned Thursday, with bail set at $5,000 cash or $10,000 bond, and was scheduled to return to court on June 2. An FDNY spokesperson said he would be suspended at the end of a medical leave.
"An FDNY firefighter was arrested and charged with assault after he allegedly punched an on-duty NYPD officer who was guarding a hospitalized prisoner in Queens, officials said."
"Abel Sencion, 34, punched the 32-year-old officer in the face late Wednesday at Queens Hospital Center in Jamaica, leaving the officer with redness, swelling and pain, according to a criminal complaint."
"Police officials said the two men did not know each other, exchanged no words and that there was no apparent motive. Law enforcement officials said Sencion appeared to be having a mental health episode when he began throwing punches."
"Sencion was arraigned Thursday before Judge Glenda Hernandez, who set bail at $5,000 cash or $10,000 bond, according to court records. He is due back in court June 2."
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