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Police Officer Dyshawn Pitt arrested, NYPD says

An NYPD car is seen in this undated photo.
An NYPD car is seen in this undated photo. Photo Credit: Jeff Bachner

An off-duty NYPD officer was arrested Friday on assault charges after he allegedly punched his girlfriend, police said.

Dyshawn Pitt was “arrested for punching his girlfriend and damaging a TV stand,” police said.

Pitt was charged with assault and criminal mischief at the 79th Precinct in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn.

No other information about the alleged incident, including where it occured, has been released.