A 36-year-old man was arrested in the Kingsbridge section of The Bronx on Thursday afternoon, June 4, after two female police officers were assaulted inside the 50th Precinct stationhouse, police said.

An NYPD spokesperson said that at around 12.55 p.m. on June 4, “A male individual entered the vestibule of the 50 Precinct station house and, without provocation, punched a 31-year-old female police officer in the back, causing pain to her back. The individual then punched a 51-year-old female police officer in the head, causing a contusion.”

The spokesperson said the assailant subsequently fled the location on foot and was apprehended in front of 226 West 238th Street. “While officers were attempting to place the individual under arrest, he resisted arrest and punched a 28-year-old male police officer in the head,” the spokesperson added. “As a result, the officer sustained lacerations to his right hand and suffered pain to his left knee and right elbow.”

Police said Wilton Pena, 36, of Southern Blvd in the South Bronx was arrested and charged the same day at 1.02 p.m. in the confines of the 50th Precinct: They said he was charged with 6 counts of assault, three counts of menacing, three counts of disorderly conduct and three counts of harassment.

In a video posted to social media on June 4 and shared by others on June 5, a person in plains clothes is seen fighting with a second man, seemingly shirtless and seemingly on West 238th Street in Kingsbridge. The person in plain clothes is later seen straddling and punching the second shirtless man repeatedly while he is on the ground before a group (three or four) of uniformed police officers, some female, run towards the two and some also appear to restrain the man on the ground.

Even after the other officers arrive, the man in plain clothes continues to punch the shirtless man on the ground. The uniformed police officers later put the man upright on his feet and appear to arrest him and take him away.

Talk show host Sal Greco shared the video on social media with the accompanying narrative, “In an incident first posted by CopWatch on Instagram, an emotionally disturbed person walks into the 50 pct and punches a police officer and ran. They attempted to taser this perp, and it did not work. Enter Officer Anthony Riley in plain clothes from the 50 who ran up to said perp, and this unfolds.”

Norwood News shared the post / video with the NYPD and asked about the incident. We received the above report in relation to it. Norwood News later asked if the plainclothes officer seen in the video was indeed Officer Anthony Riley from the 50th Precinct. We will share any updates we receive. An NYPD Officer Anthony Riley is stationed at the 50th Precinct according to NYPD records and was assigned to the role in 2021. In terms of disciplinary history, there were no applicable entries according to the database.