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NYPD officer asks court to disarm inspector she says sexually assaulted her
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Published Mar 20, 2026
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A Bronx police officer is asking a judge to disarm and reassign an NYPD inspector she says sexually assaulted her on New Year's Day 2025, according to an emergency motion filed Friday in Bronx County Supreme Court.
The officer — identified only by her initials N.T. — alleges in a lawsuit that Inspector Jeremy Scheublin, then-commanding officer of the 46th Precinct, summoned her to his office on Jan. 1, 2025, closed the door, and sexually assaulted her.
The filing states that Scheublin grabbed N.T.’s buttocks, threw her onto a couch, attempted to kiss her, tried to place his hand around her neck and attempted to remove her gun belt. He was armed with his service weapon throughout, the filing states.
The officer says in the filing she fought Scheublin off, kicking him in the groin to escape. She says she reported the assault to the NYPD's Internal Affairs Bureau the day of the assault, and the bureau made a criminal referral to the Bronx district attorney's office within weeks.
The Bronx District Attorney's Office did not confirm or deny an investigation.
The NYPD took no disciplinary action against Scheublin, according to N.T.’s court filings. He remained armed and in command of the 46th Precinct for more than a year after the reported assault, the documents state. He was transferred in January 2026 to Patrol Borough Bronx, which oversees the 46th Precinct, effectively placing him above the officer and her command, according to the filings.
"We are asking the court to do what the NYPD has refused to do: Disarm Inspector Scheublin, remove him from any authority over our client, and prohibit all contact," attorney John Scola said in a statement. "Our client will not be forced out of her career because she reported a sexual assault. The officer who committed it should be."
The motion asks a judge to place Scheublin on modified duty without his service weapon, strip him of any supervisory authority over the officer, and bar him from contacting her directly or through intermediaries.
An NYPD spokesperson said the allegations are under internal investigation in conjunction with the Bronx DA’s office. Officials confirmed that Scheublin remained in N.T.’s precinct for roughly a year after she came forward with the allegations.
The city Law Department declined to comment. Scheublin’s union representative said he didn’t know if the inspector had his own lawyer representing him. Efforts to reach Scheublin by phone were unsuccessful.
In her lawsuit, N.T. alleges Scheublin retaliated against her after she reported the assault, altering her schedule to require 3 a.m. reporting times that disrupted her child care, stripping her of her partner, and assigning her undesirable posts, according to the filings.
The filing also states that Scheublin offered the officer lucrative specialized positions worth up to $50,000 a year in additional income the day after the assault, which she understood as an attempt to buy her silence.
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