DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN, Brooklyn (WABC) -- There were scary moments for a NYPD officer as she brought a suspect into court on Friday morning.
Jeriah Bamugo, 26, grabbed the officer by the neck and threw her against the wall at the courthouse in Downtown Brooklyn.
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The prisoner held the officer down and threatened to rape her before other officers and another inmate subdued him.
Now charges against Bamugo are pending.
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