Overview
- The confrontation unfolded around 1:05 a.m. in Lindenhurst after two off-duty NYPD officers saw Royal Hooks enter a parked car on 40th Street near Buffalo Avenue.
- During a chase and struggle, Hooks allegedly stabbed one officer in the left thigh; the officer’s brother applied a tourniquet, and the 28-year-old was treated for a serious but non-life-threatening injury at Good Samaritan University Hospital.
- Suffolk County police arrested Hooks at the scene, and he was arraigned in Central Islip on second-degree assault, aggravated assault upon a police officer or peace officer, and petit larceny charges.
- Judge Evan Zuckerman set bail at $100,000 cash, $200,000 insured bond, or a $1 million partially secured surety bond, with a return to court scheduled for Tuesday.
- Police reported that items were taken from the vehicle, and police sources said a knife was recovered; records list Hooks as living on Pearl Street on the Lower East Side.