Man accused of attacking NYPD cop with chain is a convicted, serial cop-hater: sources

Published Nov 07 2020 at 5:11 AM GMT

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The psychiatric-facility patient accused of trying to strangle an NYPD officer on Thursday night is a violent, serial cop-hater who was convicted of assaulting a police officer and an EMT in Florida earlier in the year, sources said.
Levon Wheeler, 30, who has been charged with the alleged attack on a cop in Noho, served.