By Madina Toure
FLUSHING —A Columbia University professor was charged with a misdemeanor for allegedly assaulting her boyfriend, the former head of the 109th Precinct, who she said cheated on her, according to Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance.
The professor, Joann Baney, 54, who teaches in the Executive MPA program at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, was charged with assault, attempted assault and harassment, according to the criminal complaint for allegedly assaulting her boyfriend, Walter Frey, 46, a former 109th Precinct sergeant, at their Upper West Side home. He retired in 2011.
He allegedly had a cut behind his left ear and a cut to the right side of his neck, with bleeding and redness to the area around the cuts, the complaint said.
