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Nassau cop hurt responding to Merrick call

Kenneth Wat, 53, of Merrick, has been charged

Photo credit: NCPD | Kenneth Wat, 53, of Merrick, has been charged with second-degree assault, resisting arrest and second-degree obstructing government administration, police said. (June 11, 2012)

A Nassau County police officer suffered minor injuries when a man being questioned as the result of a disturbance call Monday evening in Merrick assaulted him, police said.

Police did not release the identity of the officer, but said he was assigned to the Seventh Precinct. The officer was treated at a hospital for injuries to his knee, forearm and hand, police said. No one else was injured...

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