Defendant Struck Officer Who Was Breaking Up a Fight
Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced today that a Bronx man was sentenced to three and a half years in prison for second-degree Assault for hitting an NYPD Officer with a bottle when she tried to stop a fight.
District Attorney Clark said, “This defendant struck the Officer full force in the face with a hard plastic bottle, fracturing her nose and causing a gash to her upper lip that needed 13 stitches to close. This brazen and unprovoked attack on a police officer coming to the aid of a man will not stand in Bronx County. The defendant has been held accountable.”
District Attorney Clark said the defendant, Ernst Delma, 42, of the Bronx, was sentenced today by Bronx Supreme Court Justice Tara Collins to three and a half years in prison with three years post release supervision for second-degree Assault. He pleaded guilty to that charge on September 19, 2025.
According to the investigation, on August 8, 2024, at approximately 7:08 p.m., in front of 1745 Randall Avenue, in the Soundview section, NYPD Officer Mary Fay, of the 43rd Precinct was on patrol when she saw Delma attempt to hit an unidentified male on the street. The officer approached Delma and told him to stop. Delma, holding a plastic liquor bottle in his hand, struck her hard across the face, fracturing her nose and ripping open her upper lip. 13 stitches were required to close the wound at NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi. The incident was captured on video.
District Attorney Clark thanked NYPD Detectives Felix Delcarpio and Thomas Slocktower of the 43rd Precinct Squad and NYPD Police Officer Bubacarr Dukureh for their work on the case.
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