NEW YORK, NY – Police officers with the New York City Police Department’s 48th Precinct have arrested and charged a city homeless services worker with menacing and criminal possession of a weapon.

47-year-old Tonya Simmons was taken into custody on Monday at around 9:24 pm.

The NYPD did not elaborate on the specified incident. Simmons works for the New York City Department of Homeless Services in the Bronx. She worked as a uniformed officer for the agency for 6 years.