Army of NYPD traffic cops watch Harlem offender frisking teen who allegedly attacked coworkers with fire extinguisher

A legion of NYPD traffic cops gathered in front of Harlem’s 28th District on Tuesday afternoon to watch the man who allegedly attacked their colleague with a fire extinguisher last month take the walk of shame.

Traffic cops stood stoically outside 2271-89 Frederick Douglass Boulevard on June 4 as detectives led 18-year-old Ethan Olivo out of the station in handcuffs.

Olivo is accused of riding in the passenger seat of a sedan along St. Nicholas Avenue and West 118th Street with driver Ammar Alhesheshi, also 18, on May 23 when he allegedly rolled down his window and sprayed a fire extinguisher in the face of a 43-year-old traffic cop.

According to police sources, the teens sped off north on St. Nicholas Avenue – leaving the officer with severe eye irritation. He was later treated at St. Luke’s Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital.

Police report that the vehicle used in the drive-by attack was stolen from the Bronx and was equipped with stolen license plates at the time of the attack.

Police were able to locate the vehicle – which was still covered in white fire extinguisher residue – using video surveillance. The suspects apparently tried to take the car to a garage to have it cleaned, but the mechanics refused to work on the vehicle.

Alhesheshi then allegedly dropped Olivo off at his house before the driver parked the sedan in a garage. Officers placed surveillance on the vehicle and arrested Alhesheshi as he attempted to enter the sedan before handcuffing Olivo as well.

Olivo hung his head as detectives led him out of the station and refused to answer amNewYork Metro’s questions.

Olivo is charged with second-degree assault.