Authorities arrest third suspect in assault on school police
A third man suspected in the assault on two school police officers in Northeast Philadelphia last week was arrested Monday, police said.
A third man suspected in the assault on two school police officers in Northeast Philadelphia last week was arrested Monday, police said.
Edwin Burgos, 23, of the 600 block of West Huntingdon Street, Fairhill, was charged with aggravated assault and related offenses for the attack May 2 on the officers in the 1900 block of Cottman Avenue near Northeast Philadelphia High School.
The officers saw two men assaulting a student and intervened. A physical altercation followed and the officers were assaulted by the two men and a third that joined the attack, police said. - Robert Moran