JACKSON HEIGHTS, Queens (WABC) -- A man is in custody after police say he trespassed in the building where Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has a district office in Queens.
On Saturday afternoon, police responded to a trespasser inside 74-09 37th Avenue in Jackson Heights.
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Officers found 31-year-old Douala Hashi in a hallway on the third floor holding a fire extinguisher. He then discharged the fire extinguisher.
According to the NYPD, the man was then observed holding a broken bottle and going into a utility closet.
He was taken into custody and taken to Elmhurst General Hospital. Hashi is charged with menacing, criminal mischief and criminal trespassing.
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Police say he never gained access to any of Ocasio-Cortez's offices.
There was no one in the office at the time. Ocasio-Cortez was in Washington, D.C.