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Man admits choking, punching EMT

Brooklyn Assistant District Attorney Michael Jaccarino is arraigned

Photo credit: Roy Renna / BMR Breaking News | Brooklyn Assistant District Attorney Michael Jaccarino is arraigned in Manhattan Criminal Court on charges he assaulted an emergency medical technician in an ambulance on the way to a hospital. (Nov. 10, 2012)

A man who was walking drunk through traffic on the Brooklyn Bridge and choked and punched a female EMT who came to his aid last November pleaded guilty to reckless assault Wednesday in Manhattan.

Michael Jaccarino, 30, who worked in the Brooklyn district attorney's office, was sentenced to 10 days community service and 6 months of alcohol treatment. He is due in court April 16 to show proof...

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