Bensonhurst cops snag the spotlight for key collar
For identifying and apprehending a local woman who was responsible for some 700 fake phone calls to 911 over the course of about a year, two 62nd Precinct police officers were honored as Cops of the Month for January.
Captain Anthony Longobardi, the precinct’s commanding officer, told members of the 62nd Precinct Community Council gathered at the station house, 1925 Bath Avenue, on Tuesday, January 16 for the group’s monthly meeting, that, on Christmas eve, P.O. Michael Lunetta, had “responded to a 911 call for a barricaded, emotionally disturbed person,” followed shortly thereafter by P.O. Michael Oggeri.
The duo, said Longobardi, “tactically approached the location,” while a third cop stayed outside to watch the windows of the apartment in which the woman had locked herself.