NYPD: Man with cocaine stash in butt went on wild rampage, assaulting cop, nurse
Updated Dec 12, 2020;
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. A 24-year-old man with cocaine hidden in his buttocks beat officers at the 122nd Precinct stationhouse in New Dorp and a nurse at Staten Island University Hospital in Ocean Breeze, police allege.
Officers stopped the suspect, Erik Velazquez, of Piave Avenue in South Beach, while he did not have a valid license but was driving a blue, 2019 Ford Focus on Mill Road between Ebbitts Street and Tysens Lane on Tuesday at about 3:25 p.m., according to the criminal complaint and police.