Miami Herald

Man ‘threw urine’ on prosecutor, police say

- BY DAVID OVALLE dovalle@miamiheral­d.com

A Broward convict awaiting sentencing attacked the prosecutor in court this week by throwing “urine fluid all over him,” according to a police report released on Thursday.

Albert Narvaez, 28, is now facing an additional charge of battery for his attack on Broward Assistant State Attorney Andrew Newman.

“The urine went inside his mouth and all over his clothing,” according to a Broward Sheriff’s Office arrest report.

The attack happened Wednesday.

Narvaez had been jailed and was supposed to be sentenced for attempted murder with a firearm. Prosecutor­s had secured a conviction at trial against Narvaez for attacking his former girlfriend, holding her at gunpoint inside a car, and then shooting at her when she managed to run away in Hallandale Beach.

Newman was the prosecutor who won the case. The arrest report did not say what kind of container Narvaez stored the urine in before throwing it. According to the report, Narvaez charged at the prosecutor, flung the liquid and yelled: “He told me to do it! He pissed me off!” He didn’t say whom he was referring to.

Narvaez’s sentencing was postponed.

The attack happened two months after a similar episode unfolded in a MiamiDade courtroom.

In June, accused burglar Dorleans Philidor defecated and “cast feces” at a MiamiDade judge, yelling “It’s protein! It’s good for you!” as officers rushed to subdue him. The judge refused to delay Philidor’s trial — and he was acquitted later that day.

Philidor remains jailed on another burglary case. He has not been charged with the feces attack as the court awaits an evaluation on his mental stability.

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