FORT GREENE: Burglar attacks cops with fire extinguisher, board on Greene Avenue

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Fort Greene-Clinton Hill

Breaking, entering, and attacking

Cops cuffed a man who they say broke into a Greene Avenue building on Dec. 18, then attacked police officers with a fire extinguisher and a two-by-four when they tried to arrest him.

A witness said the suspect entered the building between Grand and Classon avenues through a second-floor window, having scaled the wall, at 12:20 pm. When police tried