ALBANY -- A police horse stepped on and kicked two police officers trying to arrest two disorderly men Thursday on North Pearl Street after one of the men shoved a third officer, police said.
Police said the officers were slightly injured in the 10 p.m. scuffle near Pine Street where Jesse Poleto, 23, and Zachary Poleto, 26, were charged with assault, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.
Officers Daniel Seeber, Michael Geraci and Sadaka Kitonyi tried to quell the men, police said, but they refused orders to leave. When Seeber tried to arrest Jesse Poleto, police said, he shoved Seeber. Poleto then pulled the officer to the ground, bruising Seeber's elbows and hands. Geraci and Kitonyi were trying to arrest Zachary Poleto when he became combative, police said. As officers struggled to handcuff Zachary Poleto, a police horse stepped on Geraci's knee and kicked Kitonyi in the head.
Jesse Poleto is charged with second-degree assault; Zachary Poleto with third-degree assault.
