Shocking moment a Staten Island inmate, 22, swipes a taser from a cop's vest and threatens to zap him through his cell bars
- Andrew Lawrence, 22, was in a holding cell at a Staten Island police station when he reached through the bars and grabbed a taser from a cop's vest
- The shocking incident took place on Mary 26 at the 120 Precinct Station house
- Lawrence, of Staten Island, then threatened two cops with the taser
- The two officers are seen fleeing into the next cell for safety
- Deputy Inspector Isa Abbassi intervened, convinced Lawrence to drop the taser
- Lawrence was charged with reckless endangerment and menacing police, according to court records
- He was also ordered to receive a psychiatric evaluation by a judge
This is the shocking moment a locked up man at a New York police station steals a taser from a cop by reaching through the bars of his holding cell and swiping it from the officer's vest.
Andrew Lawrence, 22, was being held at the 120 Precinct police station house on May 26, when he pounced on a cop and quickly grabbed the taser as the officer stood outside his cell.
The Staten Island man then pointed the taser at the two cops, sticking his hand out of the bars, threatening to zap the passing officers.
The two officers are seen fleeing to the next cell for their safety.
Andrew Lawrence, 22, was in a holding cell at a Staten Island police station when he reached through the bars and grabbed a taser from a cop's vest
When two officers approached him he sneakily reached through the bars and quickly grabbed the cop's taser
The shocking incident took place on Mary 26 at the 120 Precinct Station house
After he grabbed the taser the two cops ran for protection in an adjacent cell
The incident lasted for several minutes and ended when commanding officer of the precinct Deputy Inspector Isa Abbassi intervened and convinced Lawrence to surrender the taser, according to the New York Daily News.
No one was hit with the taser.
Lawrence was charged with reckless endangerment and menacing police, according to court records.
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The Staten Island man then pointed the taser at the two cops, sticking his hand out of the bars, threatening to zap passing cops. The incident lasted for several minutes and ended when commanding officer of the precinct Deputy Inspector Isa Abbassi convinced Lawrence to surrender the taser
Lawrence was charged with reckless endangerment and menacing police, according to court records. He was also ordered to receive a psychiatric evaluation by a judge
He was also ordered to receive a psychiatric evaluation by a judge.
The incident is currently under internal review, according to an NYPD spokeswoman.
Lawrence was arrested after he was allegedly seen breaking into a car. Once in the holding cell, he began to act irrationally.
'The Emergency Services Unit were notified to assist in transporting the subject to the hospital,' the Spokeswoman said.
'He took his taser right off his vest. That's bad,' one cop who saw the video said.
