New York Daily News

CREEP COP BuST ON S.I.

‘Rape’ threat to woman: charge

- BY CHAUNCEY ALCORN and THOMAS TRACY

IT’S A WONDER he’s still on the force.

An off-duty probationa­ry NYPD officer sporting an orange shirt emblazoned with the accolade “Mr. Wonderful” stormed up to a Staten Island woman and screamed, “I’m gonna rape and rob you,” before trying to make off with her valuables, court officials said Saturday.

Details of Police Officer Kevin Williams’ arrest — and his wardrobe choices — came to light during his arraignmen­t in Staten Island criminal court, where a judge ordered him held on $5,000 cash bail for attempted robbery, assault and for possessing stolen property.

The 34-year-old cop’s lawyer said Williams blacked out after a night of drinking and doesn’t remember the incident.

According to police, Williams was stumbling past the corner of Castleton Ave. near Oxford Place in Tompkinsvi­lle just after midnight Friday when he approached a 46-year-old woman who’d just gotten off a city bus.

Without any provocatio­n, he screamed and lunged at the woman, according to court papers.

He grabbed her handbag and shoved her to the ground, leaving her with minor injuries to her elbow, hand and knee, prosecutor­s said.

The woman was treated at the scene and said she’d never seen Williams before.

Medics took the pie-eyed Williams to Richmond University Medical Center for observatio­n while he sobered up.

Williams joined the NYPD in October 2017 and is currently assigned to the 121 Precinct. He is currently suspended without pay, an NYPD spokesman said.

His hands cuffed behind his back, Williams showed no emotion as he stood before Judge Kim Dollard.

His fiancée and a relative watched from the gallery, said attorney Phillip Ohene, who asked that Williams be released without any bail because he’s a first-time offender.

“This whole incident is so uncharacte­ristic for this defendant, a New York City Police officer,” Ohene told the judge.

Williams had been bar-hopping with friends in Manhattan before taking the Staten Island ferry to his home borough.

But, once he reached his car, he realized he was too drunk to drive, Ohene said.

“He was walking home and he blacked out,” the attorney said. “The next thing he knew, he woke up in the hospital.”

Williams did not immediatel­y make bail and may have to spend the night in a holding cell at the 120th Precinct until Sunday, court officials said.

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