An NYPD officer was arraigned Tuesday for allegedly pointing a gun at a civilian employee inside One Police Plaza, the Police Department\u2019s headquarters, earlier this year.
\nPhoto by Dean Moses
\nAn NYPD officer was arraigned Tuesday for allegedly pointing a gun at a civilian employee inside One Police Plaza, the Police Department\u2019s headquarters, earlier this year.<\/p>\n
Quilbvio Espinal, a ten-year veteran of the department, sat in court emotionless as he heard the charges against him. According to statements made on the record by prosecutors, Espinal stands accused of threatening a female colleague with his off-duty firearm.<\/p>\n
Court records show the alleged incident unfolded at around 12:30 p.m. on March 26. Espinal, who worked at the Information Security Office, allegedly pulled his gun out of his holster and aimed it at the victim, Megan Kwan.<\/p>\n
Kwan had just spoken to another colleague next to Espinal about a project about 15 minutes earlier, which allegedly sent the cop into a fit of rage, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n
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\nEspinal allegedly stood up from his workstation and drew his gun before slowly raising it at Kwan. Law enforcement sources said he then allegedly lowered the gun and placed it in another civilian\u2019s desk. He was later arrested after Kwan alerted a supervisor.<\/p>\n
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\u201cNobody should have to experience the kind of menacing and dangerous behavior alleged in this troubling incident,\u201d Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said.<\/p>\n
Espinal was suspended from the department, and his firearm was confiscated. <\/p>\n
Prosecutors said that Kwan filed a civil lawsuit against Espinal, alleging that he sexually harassed her and repeatedly sent her sexually charged text messages.<\/p>\n
Robert Gottlieb, Espinal\u2019s attorney, disputed that his client ever pointed the firearm at Kwan; however, he did not comment on whether he did unholster the weapon.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat I\u2019m going to make clear. He never, at any time, intended or did point a gun at anybody. Never. It never happened,\u201d Gottlieb said. \u201cYou will see that there was no basis for any criminal charges.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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