A Long Island teenager is accused of pulling a fire alarm at the Nassau County Supreme Court, then biting a police officer investigating the Thursday morning scare.
The Nassau County Police Department said Connor McCoy, 19, triggered the false alarm that cause the courthouse to be evacuated shortly after 11:30 a.m.
When detectives confronted the suspect at his Levittown home, he “became violent and combative,” according to law enforcement officials.
One investigator was treated at a local hospital for a bite on his forearm that allegedly occurred during McCoy’s arrest. It’s not clear why the fire alarm was pulled.
McCoy is charged with falsely reporting an Incident, assault and resisting arrest. He was scheduled to be arraigned Friday. His attorney couldn’t immediately be reached for comment.
Being bitten appears to be an occupational hazard for police officers in New York.
New York City Councilmember Susan Zhuang was arrested for biting a cop’s arm at a 2024 anti-homeless shelter protest in Bensonhurst. Her charges were dropped in April when agreed to attend a restorative justice program. A Queens police officer had the tip of his left ring finger chewed off by a Brooklyn man in 2023 following a wild car chase. In 2018, a female officer was injured when she was bitten by a mentally disturbed man in Brownsville.
