{"id":350858,"date":"2026-09-19T03:29:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T03:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/350858\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T03:29:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T03:29:00","slug":"brute-who-chucked-glass-bottle-at-nypd-cops-head-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/350858\/","title":{"rendered":"Brute who chucked glass bottle at NYPD cop&#8217;s head arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The brutish dunderhead who<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/09\/11\/us-news\/brute-hurls-glass-bottle-at-nypd-cops-head-as-he-tries-to-break-up-nyc-public-housing-brawl-cops\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> chucked a glass bottle<\/a> at an NYPD cop\u2019s head at a Queens public housing complex in early September was was arrested and charged Friday, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Robert Zuniga, 27, allegedly hurled the bottle at a 29-year-old officer responding to a fight at the NYCHA  Ravenswood Houses around 12:45 a.m. on Sept. 6, cops said. <\/p>\n<p>The cop was attempting to disperse a chaotic crowd when Zuniga allegedly launched his attack. <\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"   data-modal-image=\"40892317\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/postinhouse-nypostinhouse-christopher-sadowski-127920379.jpg\" alt=\"An NYPD Highway Patrol SUV with its emergency lights on.\" class=\"wp-image-40892317\"\/>An NYPD Highway Patrol SUV is seen in New York on Friday, May 15, 2026. Christopher Sadowski for NY Post<\/p>\n<p>The officer was left with a bad cut and had to be hospitalized. <\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.76650943;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"   data-modal-image=\"40892323\" width=\"452\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/credit-nypd-141651377.jpg\" alt=\"A suspect arrested for assaulting an NYPD officer with a glass bottle.\" class=\"wp-image-40892323\"\/>A suspect is arrested for assaulting an NYPD officer with a glass bottle. Credit: NYPD<\/p>\n<p>Zuniga \u2014 who lives in Astoria \u2014 was charged with assault on a police officer, attempted assault, criminal possession of a weapon and harassment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The brutish dunderhead who chucked a glass bottle at an NYPD cop\u2019s head at a Queens public housing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":350859,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[303,57,9,24,63,103,122,124,123,58],"class_list":["post-350858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-crime","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-nypd","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350858","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=350858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350858\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/350859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=350858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=350858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}