Anthony Cumia of ‘Opie and Anthony’ arrested in Roslyn Heights home
Anthony Cumia, the controversial Long Islander and broadcaster best known for co-hosting “Opie and Anthony” locally and then on satellite radio was to be arraigned Sunday on strangulation and other charges after getting into an altercation with a 26-year-old woman at his Roslyn Heights home, Nassau County police said.
Cumia, 54, was charged Saturday morning with strangulation, criminal mischief, unlawful imprisonment and assault and was scheduled to be arraigned Sunday in First District Court in Hempstead.
According to a preliminary police report, on which Cumia’s occupation is listed as “entertainer,” the incident occurred at 11 a.m. at his home at 29 Horsehoe Lane.
A police spokeswoman declined to release information about the victim other than her age and gender, or the details of what occurred.
The spokeswoman said only that Cumia “got into an argument with an individual that stemmed into this physical violence. That’s as far as we’re going to discuss this at this time.”
Information on the victim’s injuries or whether she received medical treatment at a hospital was not included in the report, the spokeswoman said. Police declined to reveal her relationship to Cumia.
Cumia, who was raised in Elwood and attended John Glenn High School but did not graduate, was fired by Sirius XM satellite radio last year over a series of tweets that the company described in a statement at the time as “racially charged and hate-filled remarks on social media.”
In his Twitter postings, Cumia claimed he was punched in the face by a woman who had stepped into the frame while he was taking a photograph. The tweets, which were later deleted, used racial generalizations and said it was “open season on white people in this day and age.”
Cumia has ended up in the middle of several dust-ups with his employers over the years.
In 1998 Cumia and his co-host, Greg Hughes (known as Opie), were fired from a Boston-area radio station for an April Fool’s hoax that claimed the mayor had died in a traffic accident.
Four years later, the show was canceled by Infinity Broadcasting after promoting a contest that resulted in a couple calling in to say they were having sex in St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Manhattan.
Since the summer of 2014, Cumia has been host of the online paid subscription show “The Anthony Cumia Show.”
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Anthony Cumia of ‘Opie and Anthony’ arrested in Roslyn Heights home
Anthony Cumia, the controversial Long Islander and broadcaster best known for co-hosting “Opie and Anthony” locally and then on satellite radio was to be arraigned Sunday on strangulation and other charges after getting into an altercation with a 26-year-old woman at his Roslyn Heights home, Nassau County police said. Cumia, 54, was charged Saturday morning with strangulation, criminal mischief, unlawful imprisonment and assault and was scheduled to be arraigned Sunday in First District Court in Hempstead.
According to a preliminary police report, on which Cumia’s occupation is listed as “entertainer,” the incident occurred at 11 a.m. at his home at 29 Horsehoe Lane. A police spokeswoman declined to release information about the victim other than her age and gender, or the details of what occurred.
The spokeswoman said only that Cumia “got into an argument with an individual that stemmed into this physical violence. That’s as far as we’re going to discuss this at this time.” Information on the victim’s injuries or whether she received medical treatment at a hospital was not included in the report, the spokeswoman said. Police declined to reveal her relationship to Cumia.
Cumia, who was raised in Elwood and attended John Glenn High School but did not graduate, was fired by Sirius XM satellite radio last year over a series of tweets that the company described in a statement at the time as “racially charged and hate-filled remarks on social media.”
In his Twitter postings, Cumia claimed he was punched in the face by a woman who had stepped into the frame while he was taking a photograph. The tweets, which were later deleted, used racial generalizations and said it was “open season on white people in this day and age.”
Cumia has ended up in the middle of several dust-ups with his employers over the years.
In 1998 Cumia and his co-host, Greg Hughes (known as Opie), were fired from a Boston-area radio station for an April Fool’s hoax that claimed the mayor had died in a traffic accident. Four years later, the show was canceled by Infinity Broadcasting after promoting a contest that resulted in a couple calling in to say they were having sex in St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Manhattan.
Since the summer of 2014, Cumia has been host of the online paid subscription show “The Anthony Cumia Show.”
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