By Camilo Smith
Two NYPD officers were arrested yesterday and pleaded guilty to second-degree harassment in connection with the beating more than a year ago that left a man with a broken ankle.
The officers are Sean Hurley, 40, a housing officer with Police Service Area 9, and Brian Murphy, 37, who works in the Brooklyn Courts Section. According to court documents, they attacked a man identified as John Kenny, in the early morning hours of June 12, 2009. The assault occurred near 1696 Second Avenue, which is the address for a popular Irish pub named Marty O’Brien’s, according to police.
Two NYPD Officers were suspended for 30 days and fined $120 each for an assault that occurred over a year ago. They attacked a man near an Irish pub. (Photo courtesy of Marty O'Brien's)
Jennifer Kushner, spokesperson for the Manhattan District Attorney, said the officers were arrested yesterday, pleaded guilty and were released with time served. She said she could not provide further details about the victim and did not explain why the arrests took place more than a year after the assault.
The court documents states that the officers “recklessly caused physical injury,” “with intent to harass, annoy and alarm.” Kenny, who could not be located, was left with “cuts and bruises to his face and body and a broken ankle.”
The New York Daily News reported that the officers were suspended without pay for 30 days and each paid a $120 fine.
Harassment in the second degree is a violation punishable by up to 15 days in jail.
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