{"id":255135,"date":"2026-06-04T12:44:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T12:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/255135\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T12:44:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T12:44:01","slug":"news-12-bronx-bronx-man-indicted-for-brutal-attack-against-emts-responding-to-his-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/255135\/","title":{"rendered":"News 12 | Bronx | Bronx Man Indicted For Brutal Attack Against Emts Responding To His Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">A man accused of attacking two FDNY EMTs at his home has been indicted on assault charges, according to The Bronx District Attorney\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The incident began around 10 p.m. on April 9, when the EMTs responded to 1889 Sedgwick Ave. and attempted to render medical aid to Jose Bencosme.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Prosecutors say the 22-year-old punched one of the EMTs in the face. The EMT struck his head against a wall during the attack.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">As the other EMT tried to help his partner, Bencosme allegedly punched him in the face and head repeatedly.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The victims were taken to St. Barnabas Hospital for treatment. The EMT whose head hit the wall sustained a laceration that required approximately five staples.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Prosecutors say the other EMT suffered bruising and swelling to his face and head.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">News 12 previously met with <a data-rich-text-hyperlink=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/bronx.news12.com\/at-least-2-ems-workers-brutally-attacked-in-morris-heights\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bencosme\u2019s girlfriend<\/a>, who discussed the events leading to the violent incident.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">She said she called 911 out of fear he was a danger to himself, and the situation quickly got out of hand.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">&#8220;He was under the influence. He had no control, no right mental state of mind. He didn&#8217;t even recognize his parents,&#8221; she said. &#8220;He&#8217;s not a monster. He&#8217;s not a violent person. This was not out of his heart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Bencosme is scheduled to return to court in August.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man accused of attacking two FDNY EMTs at his home has been indicted on assault charges, according&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":255136,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-255135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=255135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255135\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/255136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}