L to R: Community Council President Larry O’Neill, Capt. David Miller (Precinct Commander) and Officer Joseph Spector.
Before calling April’s Cop of the Month to the podium, Capt. David Miller (10th Precinct Commander)scanned the room to make sure there were no children present at May 28’s Community Council Meeting. Warning those assembled that the impending narrative would be significantly more gruesome than usual, Miller went on to describe an incident that took place outside of Gym Bar (167 Eighth Ave., btw. 18th & 19th Sts.). On April 8, Officer Joseph Spector responded to the scene, where he encountered an individual bleeding profusely from the left side of his face. Witnesses said that the perp, currently on the loose, became enraged when he was rebuffed by the victim (fighting with him at first, then biting the victim on the check so severely that flesh was removed down to the jawbone). Based on witness descriptions, Officer Spector was able to quickly track the perp, then arrest him.
