Off-duty officer refused to move from seat he grabbed: police
What a bobble head.
An off-duty NYPD cop ended up arrested Wednesday night for moving to a
better seat at Citi Field, then refusing to budge when security cried foul.
Officer Eduardo Cornejo had a legit ticket to
the Mets’ sad 6-3 drubbing by the Cincinnati Reds, but ballpark management
confronted him once they realized he was stretched out in a seat better than
the one he had purchased.
“He was in a section he wasn’t supposed to be,” Police
Commissioner Raymond Kelly said. “They asked him to leave. He
wouldn’t. [A] supervisor asked him to leave. He wouldn’t. The uniformed police
sergeant asked him to leave. He wouldn’t, and he was arrested as a result.”
The obstinate 30-year-old was arraigned on criminal trespass charges
Thursday and released.
When Cornejo and a woman arrived at his Staten Island home afterward, he
was sporting a Mets cap.
“I’m sorry but I have no comment,” Cornejo said.
He works within the 67th Precinct in Brooklyn and has been with the NYPD
since 2005.