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A plethora of praise for local police as seven
officers were honored as Cops of the Month
BY HELEN KLEIN
HKLEIN@BROOKLYNREPORTER.COM
Seven 62nd Precinct police officers
were in the spotlight as
they were honored as Cops of
the Month at the most recent meeting
of the precinct’s Community Council.
During the November 21 meeting,
held at the station house, 1925 Bath
Avenue, Sergeant Alex Montero and
Police Officers Jean Innocent and
Nobin Samu were recognized for the
arrest, on October 21 at about 3:20
a.m., of a suspect believed to have
committed several similar burglaries.
According to Captain Anthony
Longobardi, the precinct’s commanding
officer, the trio — members of the
Midnight Conditions team — had
been “assigned to surveil a yeshiva
at 1462 62nd Street which had previously
been burglarized twice prior.”
While watching, he said, Innocent
and Samu “saw a man exit the building
by way of a side door...wearing
gloves and holding a beige plastic
bag.” They stopped him and, “after
conducting a short term investigation...
determined that the man had
just committed a live burglary at the
location,” taking $392. Besides the
cash, the suspect, said Longobardi,
also had “a pry bar, flashlight, ski
mask, black gloves and heroin.”
The arrest, he concluded “also led
to the closure of three other similar
incidents, thus ending a boroughwide
burglary pattern.”
Also honored were Police Officers
Peter Orsi and Anthony Brucato,
who caught a burglar “live in the
Police Officers Peter Orsi and Anthony Brucato with Captain Anthony Longobardi and Captain
Nelson Chen.
act” at just after noon on Tuesday,
October 24, said Longobardi, while
“attempting to combat a citywide
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burglary pattern involving thefts
from commercial vehicles” that
included nine previous incidents
in southwest Brooklyn, in the 62nd,
68th and 72nd Precincts.
The pair, Longobardi recounted,
“observed a male in a vehicle matching
the description of the SUV used in
several previous crimes. They kept
watching him, and “observed him
approach and attempt to forcibly
enter a commercial vehicle,” at which
point they “jumped into action and
placed the male under arrest without
further incident,” he went on.
While the NYPD has not yet closed
out the pattern, “There hasn’t been
another incident in the pattern
since this arrest,” Longobardi added.
Finally, Police Officers Yusuf Sezen
and Louis Loria were named Cops
of the Month for saving a suicidal
person who was poised to jump off
a third floor balcony on Wednesday,
October 11 at around 5:30 p.m.
The pair “immediately established
visual contact with the young woman,”
said Longobardi, noting that she
was “bleeding excessively from her
left wrist from a self-inflicted deep
laceration” and “was already more
than halfway over the balcony railing
attempting to jump.
“Recognizing the need for immediate
action and without regard for
their own personal well-being,” he
continued, “Police Officers Sezen
and Loria grabbed the woman and
dragged her back into the apartment,”
where she was held until she could be
“treated by EMS personnel. Without
question, the quick and decisive
actions...saved the life of a young
woman in desperate need of our help.”
Sergeant Alex Montero, and Police Officers Nobin Samu and
Jean Innocent with Captain Anthony Longobardi and Captain
Nelson Chen.
Police Officers Louis Loria and Yusuf Sezen with Captain Anthony Longobardi and Captain
Nelson Chen.