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NYPD Officers In Trouble After Suspect Escapes In Brooklyn

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- Two NYPD officers have been suspended after a suspect escaped from custody in Brooklyn over the weekend.

Around 4:15 a.m. Saturday, the 18-year-old suspect in the back of a squad car near Brooklyn Criminal Court at 120 Schermerhorn St., when he escaped, police said.

The suspect had handcuffs on him when he fled, police said.

The suspect was apprehended two hours later, police said. He had been arrested on an assault charge.

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