Bronx cop indicted for bashing man with police radio, lying about crash with motorcyclist: DA

A Bronx bull has been indicted connected battle charges for striking an equipped fishy successful the caput with his constabulary radio, leaving the antheral with a bloody gash that needed respective staples to close, prosecutors said.

In a abstracted incident, the aforesaid cop, Police Officer Kenny Victoria, a nine-year NYPD veteran, was besides indicted for lying astir an on-duty car crash successful which a motorcyclist was thrown onto the hood of his assemblage car and broke his leg, officials said.

Victoria, 34, was released without bail aft helium was arraigned connected the dual indictments Friday. He’s expected to reply the charges successful tribunal successful December.

Victoria joined the NYPD successful 2015. He’s been a subordinate of the 44th Precinct adjacent Yankee Stadium implicit the past year.

On Dec. 16, helium and his spouse crashed into a motorcyclist adjacent the country of Monroe Ave. and E. 173rd St. successful the Bronx’s Claremont Village, prosecutors said. The motorcyclist was thrown onto the patrol car’s hood and fractured his leg, but was arrested connected transgression mischief and reckless endangerment charges.

In a collision report, Victoria said that the motorcyclist was popping a wheelie erstwhile helium crashed into the cop’s assemblage car, but a reappraisal of surveillance footage from the country showed that the NYPD cruiser accelerated and turned into the motorcyclist arsenic they entered the intersection.

Victoria wasn’t driving the car astatine the time, constabulary said. However, helium was charged with filing a mendacious instrumentality for allegedly lying connected the collision report.

A fewer months later, connected April 30, Victoria responded to a study of a antheral with a firearm connected E. 170th St. When the serviceman arrived, helium saw the fishy tally disconnected and gave chase.

The fishy threw the weapon distant during the pursuit but was tackled to the crushed by different cop. During the struggle, Victoria allegedly struck the fishy successful the caput with his constabulary radio, leaving him with a heavy cut.

The fishy needed respective staples to “stop the bleeding from the backmost of his head,” prosecutors noted.

“[Victoria] allegedly lied astir constabulary car mishap that injured a motorist to screen up for the serviceman who was driving, and 4 months aboriginal the suspect allegedly struck a fishy connected the caput with his radio,” Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark said Friday. “His alleged actions are a betrayal of nationalist spot and tarnish the shield.”

Victoria’s lawyer Tom Spodek said his lawsuit would beryllium recovered not blameworthy astatine trial.

“Police Officer Victoria has gone supra and beyond successful protecting the citizens of New York,” Spodek said. “We are assured that astatine trial, the information volition look and PO Victoria volition beryllium exonerated of immoderate wrongdoing.”

In his 9 years connected the force, Victoria has been named successful 4 lawsuits that outgo the metropolis $60,000 successful settlements. Nine complaints person been filed with the Civilian Complaint Review Board accusing him of maltreatment of authority, carnal unit and different misconduct, but lone 1 of the complaints was ever substantiated, metropolis records show.

In the 1 substantiated case, helium was docked 8 abrogation days for conducting a portion hunt connected a fishy “without ineligible authority,” records show.