State Senator-Elect Hiram Monserrate Arrested

The Daily Politics' Elizabeth Benjamin reports: "[State] Senator-elect Hirram Monserrate was arrested early this morning after he brought a woman believed to be his girlfriend to Long Island Jewish Hospital with severe lacerations on her face that will require multiple sitches to close, sources confirmed. Monserrate... was detained for questioning and subsequently arrested, according to an NYPD source. The incident occurred at an apartment at 37-20 83rd St. in Jackson Heights, Queens." The Post adds, "the woman's face was cut with a bottle in what investigators believe was a domestic fight." Monserrate, who is a soon-to-be former City Councilman representing Queens, has been in the news recently for being part of the dissident State Senators, the Gang of Four, until he decided to "move forward and not waste one more minute debating politics" by supporting Senator Minority Leader Malcolm Smith.

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By Jen Chung in News on December 19, 2008 9:50 AM

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francislewisblvdcom

Monserrate true colors have finally surfaced!

thefacts

#8 - Right. Let her move to Queens and meet real people.

JenChungsBaby

The last real Republican in town (Vito Fossella) already assholed himself right out of office.

I think Monserrate's State Senate seat is the seat Caroline Kennedy should be thinking about, not Clinton's.

glennQNYC

No mention of party affiliation?

Yup, it's another Democrat caught being an asshole!

JacqueMehoff

this guy's a retired cop, right?

or ex-cop whatever that means.

all we need now for the daily double is for his cohort eric adams to be in the news.

FelixtheCat & Christine Quinn'

damn, he was also against the bill to ban horse drawn carriages. Like it was been proven many times, people who are cruel to animals are cruel to people. there is no degrees of compassion. Either you are a compassionate person or not.

http://www.youtube.com/user/horsesinnyc