New York Daily News

Finest busted in candy clash at Conn. mall

- With Rocco Parascando­la

AN OFF-DUTY NYPD officer flipped out inside a Connecticu­t chocolate shop in a caught-ontape tantrum that left “blood and chocolate all over the floor,” cops said.

Amanda Villafane, 30, went berserk at 6 p.m. on Sunday night when workers at a Godiva store in the Stamford Town Center Mall told her the shop was closed and asked her to leave, authoritie­s said.

“She was stating at some point that she was an NYPD officer,” said Stamford Police Sgt. Brian Butler.

Ralph Jimenez, 18, whose sister works at the store, recorded the fit with his cell phone, and shared that video with the Stamford Advocate, the newspaper reported.

“No, I will knock you the f--out!” Villafane is seen hollering.

Her companion, Christophe­r Salvadore, 32, tried to hold her back, until he saw Jimenez filming and socked him in the face, cops said. Villafane, a cop since October 2015, is charged with trespassin­g, criminal mischief, threatenin­g, disorderly conduct and interferin­g with an officer. Salvadore also faces several charges, including assault, Butler said.

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