Off-Duty NYC Sanitation Worker Arrested for Assault in Brooklyn

May 5, 2024
Cars drive under the NYC Sanitation Department building on the West Side of Manhattan.
Cars drive under the NYC Sanitation Department building on the West Side of Manhattan.

NEW YORK, NY – An off-duty Department of Sanitation worker was arrested on assault charges this Saturday afternoon in Brooklyn’s 77th Precinct.

The incident occurred at 4:00 PM. The individual arrested, Ola Pridgen, a 37-year-old female maintenance worker with the New York City Department of Sanitation, is now facing assault charges. Details surrounding the circumstances of the arrest have not been released.