Off-duty South Bronx NYPD school safety agent booked on assault charges

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Police have recently arrested an off-duty NYPD school safety agent who had been living in the south Bronx’s 41 precinct.

While many details remain unclear, the NYPD reported that 50-year-old Christopher Martinez was arrested on two assault counts just before midnight at 11:24 on Saturday, March 6.

Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM, or on Twitter @ NYPDTips.

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