Sonni Sottile rushes outside in her pink pajama shorts and slippers as her boyfriend is arrested.
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The 18-year-old battles police.
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A simple arrest quickly escalates.
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Officers restrain Sonni Sottile.
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Officers subdue Sonni Sottile, 18, as her boyfriend is taken into custody.
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The scene unfolded at about 10 a.m. Tuesday.
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Nicholas Giampaolo, 22, under arrest.
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Deborah Russo, 48, in handcuffs.
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Sonni Sottile, 18, cries out.
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Sottile and Russo face obstruction, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct charges.
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Deborah Russo on the ground.
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The sloppy smackdown happened outside an apartment building in Mill Basin, Brooklyn.
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Sonni Sottile, 18, screams at an officer as her mother, Deborah Russo, is restrained.
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Mother and daughter react after Sonni Sottile’s boyfriend, Nicholas Giampaolo, was arrested on grand larceny charges.
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Sonni Sottile and her mom, Deborah Russo handcuffed.
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