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BEATS COP
OVER 'FLAME'
ATTACKS EX'S PAL ON QNS. STREET: POLICE
By LORENA MONGELLI, JAMIE SCHRAM and LEONARD GREENE
HOTHEAD: Firefighter Sean Murray under arrest yesterday and in photo with his ex, Jennifer Ray.
Photo: James Messerschmidt
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August 18, 2006 -- Jealousy over an ex-girlfriend led a hothead firefighter to beat an off-duty police officer savagely on a Queens street early yesterday, authorities said.
Sean Murray, 28, was arrested and suspended without pay from his post at Ladder 140 in Ridgewood for allegedly attacking the cop outside the woman's house after the officer drove her home from a party.
The jilted lover first followed his former flame, Jennifer Ray, to Club Mirage in Westbury, L.I., where he spotted her dancing with another guy, law-enforcement sources said.
Murray got tossed from the club after pushing the dance partner, the sources said. Ray, 21, then called her cop buddy to drive her home.
According to witnesses, Murray was waiting on Ray's stoop on Cornelia Street when his ex arrived at about 5 a.m. in a car driven by Ahmad Kessba, 24, an officer in Brooklyn's 62nd Precinct.
"Get the f - - - out of the car," Murray hollered, the sources said.
Kessba quickly warned,: "You don't want to do this. I'm a cop."
The two then got into in a shouting match that got so loud, it woke neighbors, the witnesses said.
Murray knocked Kessba to the ground and continued to pummel him in the middle of the street, punching, kicking, choking and stomping the helpless officer, police said.
In between kicks, the sources said, Murray glanced at the car and yelled at the woman, who locked herself in the vehicle and called 911.
"Are you happy?" Murray asked her, according to the witnesses. "Are you happy now?"
Neighbors said they heard Ray screaming, begging Murray to stop.
"She was screaming on her cellphone," said Noemi Schneider, who lives across the street. "All I heard her say is, 'He's a firefighter. He's my ex-boyfriend.' "
Only when Murray heard police sirens - several neighbors also dialed 911 - did he end the vicious attack, the witnesses said.
Murray tried to walk away, but was arrested near the scene, where the victim lay motionless near his car, according to the witnesses.
Kessba was rushed to Elmhurst Hospital, where he was treated for a severe concussion and various other injuries.
Murray was charged with first-degree assault.
At his arraignment last night in Queens Criminal Court, bail was set at $250,000, but had not been posted as of early today.
Prosecutors said Murray had a prior arrest for DWI and had once been enrolled in a counseling program because of his conduct at work.
Earlier, at the 104th Precinct station house, a defiant Murray, dressed in a football jersey and sweat pants, defended his actions.
"I got punched in the face," Murray told reporters as police brought him in. "I have the right to hit back, right?"
Firefighters from Murray's ladder company tried to visit him at the precinct house, but were turned away.
A man who said he was related to Murray said "the family stands behind him. When it goes to trial, the true facts will come out."
Ray's relatives insisted that she and Kessba were merely friends from a Radio Shack, where they both had worked.
They said Murray was a possessive, controlling former beau who had trouble realizing that the fire was out.
So obsessed was Murray that when Ray and her family went to Virginia on vacation, Murray showed up out of nowhere, said one family member.
"She was scared of him," the relative said.
Ray and Murray met about 18 months ago when the two-year FDNY veteran and his unit responded to a report of a carbon-monoxide leak at her Cornelia Street house.
But when the romance ended several months ago, Murray continued to stalk her, relatives said. Ray even had a family member walk her to the train station every morning. "He was very jealous," the family member said. "I told him to leave us alone and don't come back." Additional reporting by John
OVER 'FLAME'
ATTACKS EX'S PAL ON QNS. STREET: POLICE
By LORENA MONGELLI, JAMIE SCHRAM and LEONARD GREENE
Photo: James Messerschmidt
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Sean Murray, 28, was arrested and suspended without pay from his post at Ladder 140 in Ridgewood for allegedly attacking the cop outside the woman's house after the officer drove her home from a party.
The jilted lover first followed his former flame, Jennifer Ray, to Club Mirage in Westbury, L.I., where he spotted her dancing with another guy, law-enforcement sources said.
Murray got tossed from the club after pushing the dance partner, the sources said. Ray, 21, then called her cop buddy to drive her home.
According to witnesses, Murray was waiting on Ray's stoop on Cornelia Street when his ex arrived at about 5 a.m. in a car driven by Ahmad Kessba, 24, an officer in Brooklyn's 62nd Precinct.
"Get the f - - - out of the car," Murray hollered, the sources said.
Kessba quickly warned,: "You don't want to do this. I'm a cop."
The two then got into in a shouting match that got so loud, it woke neighbors, the witnesses said.
Murray knocked Kessba to the ground and continued to pummel him in the middle of the street, punching, kicking, choking and stomping the helpless officer, police said.
In between kicks, the sources said, Murray glanced at the car and yelled at the woman, who locked herself in the vehicle and called 911.
"Are you happy?" Murray asked her, according to the witnesses. "Are you happy now?"
Neighbors said they heard Ray screaming, begging Murray to stop.
"She was screaming on her cellphone," said Noemi Schneider, who lives across the street. "All I heard her say is, 'He's a firefighter. He's my ex-boyfriend.' "
Only when Murray heard police sirens - several neighbors also dialed 911 - did he end the vicious attack, the witnesses said.
Murray tried to walk away, but was arrested near the scene, where the victim lay motionless near his car, according to the witnesses.
Kessba was rushed to Elmhurst Hospital, where he was treated for a severe concussion and various other injuries.
Murray was charged with first-degree assault.
At his arraignment last night in Queens Criminal Court, bail was set at $250,000, but had not been posted as of early today.
Prosecutors said Murray had a prior arrest for DWI and had once been enrolled in a counseling program because of his conduct at work.
Earlier, at the 104th Precinct station house, a defiant Murray, dressed in a football jersey and sweat pants, defended his actions.
"I got punched in the face," Murray told reporters as police brought him in. "I have the right to hit back, right?"
Firefighters from Murray's ladder company tried to visit him at the precinct house, but were turned away.
A man who said he was related to Murray said "the family stands behind him. When it goes to trial, the true facts will come out."
Ray's relatives insisted that she and Kessba were merely friends from a Radio Shack, where they both had worked.
They said Murray was a possessive, controlling former beau who had trouble realizing that the fire was out.
So obsessed was Murray that when Ray and her family went to Virginia on vacation, Murray showed up out of nowhere, said one family member.
"She was scared of him," the relative said.
Ray and Murray met about 18 months ago when the two-year FDNY veteran and his unit responded to a report of a carbon-monoxide leak at her Cornelia Street house.
But when the romance ended several months ago, Murray continued to stalk her, relatives said. Ray even had a family member walk her to the train station every morning. "He was very jealous," the family member said. "I told him to leave us alone and don't come back." Additional reporting by John
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