Crime & Safety

Girl And Her Dad Hit With Mystery Liquid in Williamsburg: NYPD

Police are looking for the man they believe sprayed a two-year-old girl and her dad with a mystery liquid in October.

WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN — Police are hunting for a man who sprayed a 2-year-old girl and her dad with an unknown liquid in Williamsburg last month, police said.

The little girl was being carried by her father outside 700 Broadway near Thornton Street on Oct. 6 around 8:40 a.m. when Jesus Centeno, 42, allegedly attacked, said police.

Centeno sprayed the duo with some kind of fluid then sprinted away on Broadway toward Flushing Avenue, police said.

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Emergency responders rushed the pair to Woodhull Hospital, where they were treated and later released, said police.

Police are now looking for Centeno, of Bed-Stuy, whom they describe as a 5-foot-7 man weighing about 160 pounds last seen wearing a black t-shirt and shorts.

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Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact police.


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