Crime & Safety
Garbage Man Blows His Lid Over Neighbor's Loud Music, Cops Say
A Sunset Park sanitation worker was charged with assault and harassment for attacking a woman whose loud music annoyed him, police said.
SUNSET PARK, BROOKLYN -- A garbage man blew his lid when a neighbor told him she wouldn't turn down her loud music Monday night, police said.
Police arrested Department of Sanitation employee Jonathan Cardona, 33, after an argument with his 28-year-old neighbor in the 72nd Precinct turned violent.
Cardona attacked the woman, who refused medical treatment, at about 9:30 p.m., said police.
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The Sanitation Department worker was charged with criminal mischief, reckless endangerment, assault and harassment, police said.
Police did not disclose the location of the fight.
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