Authorities say the 55-year-old agent gave the female driver a ticket for double parking on Steinway Street near 30th Avenue in Astoria just before 5 p.m. last Friday, at which point a male passenger returned to the vehicle and shouted obscenities at the officer.
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She placed the ticket on the windshield and continued her tour, on foot. About 20 minutes later, the SUV approached the officer, and police say the male held a plastic bottle out the window and threw a clear liquid on the agent, hitting her in the back.
She was taken to Astoria General Hospital, where she was treated and released.
Police released a photo of the black Nissan Rogue in which the suspect was riding.
The individual being sought is identified as 35-year-old Haytham Salama. He is described as being 5-foot-6 and 180 pounds with black hair and blue eyes. He was last seen wearing a blue T-shirt.
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Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
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