OFF DUTY NEW YORK CITY POLICE OFFICER CHARGED WITH ASSAULTING FOUR CIVILIANS ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS IN UNRELATED INCIDENTS
Bronx District Attorney Robert T. Johnson announced today that a New York City police officer has been charged with assaulting four men in unrelated incidents that occurred while the defendant was off duty.
Jeffrey Chambers, 36, of the Bronx, has been charged with Assault in the 3rd degree, and Disorderly Conduct following a joint investigation by the New York City Police Department’s Internal Affairs Bureau and the Bronx District Attorney’s Racket Bureau. Criminal Court Judge Ralph Fabrizio set bail at $25,000. The assault charges against Chambers are Class A misdemeanor offenses punishable by a maximum sentence of up to one year in jail.
It is alleged, in court papers, that Chambers approached Andrew Walsh and Timothy Sullivan and punched them repeatedly in the face and head, causing bruising, swelling and pain to the head of both men. The incident occurred on or between the night of December 13, 2003 and December 21, 2003 in the street outside Dorney & Malone, a bar at 5993 Broadway in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. Chambers is also charged with assaulting two men inside the bar between six p.m. December 17, 2003 and six a.m. December 18, 2003. Chambers, in that incident, allegedly approached John Leo and William Leo and struck both men in the face with either a blunt object or his hand. The victims were knocked unconscious. William Leo, who served in the Gulf War in Iraq, suffered bruising and swelling to the face and a laceration to the head, which required at least ten stitches to close. John Leo suffered several bone fractures in the face which required surgery as well as the installation of metal plates as part of the treatment.
Chambers has been a New York City police officer for thirteen years.
Assistant District Attorney Sam Ramer, of the Investigations Division’s Rackets Bureau, is prosecuting the case.
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