This prosecutor was admitted into the bar — and stayed a little too long.
An allegedly boozed-up Brooklyn assistant district attorney was arrested early yesterday after he pummeled an EMT worker on the Brooklyn Bridge, police sources said.
An ambulance spotted Michael Jaccarino, 30, at the foot of the bridge before 1 a.m. after responding to a 911 call about a highly intoxicated man, sources say.
The blitzed barrister was leaving the pedestrian pathway on the Manhattan side when emergency workers confronted him, and he voluntarily entered the ambulance.
But when they tried to take him to Beth Israel Hospital, he went berserk.
After EMT Teresa Charry-Soler, 46, restrained him to a bench, Jaccarino ripped off his arm strap and smacked her with his forearms, knocking her to the ground.
The drunk attorney then allegedly tried to strangle her before punching her in the face.
Police quickly arrived at the scene and cuffed him.
Charry-Soler was treated at Beth Israel Hospital for a black eye and bruises on her neck and chest, said Israel Miranda, president of the EMTs union.
“She couldn’t pass air and thought she was going to die,” Miranda said. “She’s very distraught. She did nothing to excite such a reaction.”
Jaccarino was charged with second-degree assault, criminal obstruction of breathing and menacing as well as harassment, sources said.
The district attorney was silent and disheveled in a gray pinstripe suit as police transported him to Manhattan Criminal Court on Saturday morning.
A Brooklyn DA spokesman said Jaccarino has worked for the office since 2008 and is suspended without pay. If convicted, he’ll lose his job — and his license to practice.
Friends and family were shocked to hear of the violent attack.
Luke Brown, who attended law school with Jaccarino at SUNY Buffalo Law School, called the attorney a hard worker.
“I don’t think he’s ever been in a fight in his life,” said Brown, of Tonawanda, N.Y. “It’s completely out of character.”
The Brooklyn DA and Fire Commissioner Salvatore Cassano have been pushing to make assaults against all uniformed workers, including EMS, a felony.
Additional reporting by Kate Kowsh and Josh Saul