New Rochelle Police Arrest High School Student After Vicious “Bridge” Assault

Written By: Robert Cox

NRHS_Bridge.jpgBrandon I. Williams of 278 Lincoln Avenue, 18, was arrested Friday November 5th by New Rochelle Police Department and charged with Assault in the 3rd Degree. Witnesses tell Talk of the Sound that Williams viciously assaulted his girlfriend, punching her repeatedly in the face.

Williams is a student at New Rochelle High School where the incident took place.

Exactly how the police got involved is not clear. Talk of the Sound received a message Friday at about 2:30 PM from a source who listens to the police scanner that the dispatcher had put out a call around 1:30 PM about a “fight on the bridge at the high school”. The NRPD Event Report says “How Received: SELF INITIATE” which sounds like the victim called the police. In either case the called is listed as ANONYMOUS. Although it is not clear who called the police, what is clear is that school officials did not call the police.

Sources tell Talk of the Sound that Williams was subdued and taken to the high school main office where he again became violent again at which point Williams was taken by police to the New Rochelle Police Station. While in police custody, Williams became violent a third time, sources say.

The police records state that a Youth Detective was dispatched to 265 Clove Road at 15:38 PM and that the first officer arrived at the scene 2 minutes later at 15:41 PM (compare that to the Barnard case where a reporter of an intruder in the building resulted in a 16 minute response time). Another unit was dispatched at 15:38 PM. The second unit was freed at 16:03 PM. The Youth Detective was freed at 16:43 PM. That a Youth Detective was at the high school for over an hour in a case where an arrest was ultimately made seems odd, to say the least.

UPDATE: Talk of the Sound spoke with New Rochelle Detective Captain Joseph Schaller today about the arrest of Brandon Williams, 18, a student at New Rochelle High School after he is alleged to have repeatedly punching his girlfriend, 17, in the face. There is no record indicating that school officials called the police. The Event Report states the Event was SELF-INITIATED which Schaller tells Talk of the Sound indicates that a NRPD officer responded on their own initiative. The records appear to indicate that an officer was at the school on another matter. Someone, possibly a student, alerted the officer that there was a “fight on the bridge”.

Witnesses told police that Williams was speaking to another girl, that he pointed his finger in the face of the victim, poked her and then punched her several times, Schaller said. A school employee pulled Williams away from the girl and Williams was taken to the office.

The victim reported her left eye was sore and her face was numb. She was taken to Sound Shore Medical Center for treatment and later released.

7 thoughts on “New Rochelle Police Arrest High School Student After Vicious “Bridge” Assault”

  1. Do school officials need lessons on how to dial 911?
    “Although it is not clear who called the police, what is clear is that school officials did not call the police.”
    How sad is it that a mother of an assaulted child has to read that? These so called school officials are allowing this to happen and its absolutely unacceptable. Someone needs to answer for not calling. How many other incidents arent being reported and how safe are our kids in New Rochelle Schools? Someone needs to be held responsible, fired and replaced by an official who understands what their job is. Our schools need a security overhaul. When staff members, security or school officials fail to protect children by involving the police they should be held accountable.

    1. NRHS
      All of you smart guys need to spent a week at the high school
      than trullyunderstand what is going on??

      1. The High school
        it is a place where, what you get out of it, is what you put into it.
        don’t get distracted with all the other BULL that goes on.
        Put your nose down in work and get a good education, That is a beutiful campus with good teacher’s, use it!

      2. You really make me angry
        Robert Cox you really piss me off.

        You sit there alone at night in the dark in your Soiled underwear sweating devoting your time writing a bunch of crap about New Rochelle from your perspective which happens to be your moms house, you continuously blog about things you cant back up. I came across your bull BY COMPLETE ACCIDENT when you were saying how there was no gangs at all in New Rochelle and you herd from so and so’s in the city counsel blah blah blah Well you are clearly dumber then you look ( Jugging by your stupid Profile picture) if you believe who ever said that. How about this i will private message you my cell phone number so we can go to Horton Ave and ask one of the non gang members what fake set there clamming and see how that turns out… YOU ARE PATHETIC and you need a job, happy holidays…

      3. It’s called sarcasm
        If you had read MORE of the site you would have realized that I was parodying the school district which and certain public officials who have for years denied there are gangs in New Rochelle. In response I have mocked that by writing articles with headlines saying “there are no gangs in New Rochelle” and then providing evidence of gang activity in New Rochelle. Get it? It is called being ironical.

        This is similar to articles where I refer to incidents as “another isolated incident” because the same people refer to EVERY incident as an “isolated incident” with the point that by one definition all incidents are “isolated” but a series of isolated incidents is part of a pattern. For example, a burglary is an isolated incident. When you have 22 of them in 12 weeks in one neighborhood that suggests a pattern of criminal activity.

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