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Willie Edward Carter Jr. was free barely 12 hours when a liquor store surveillance camera captured images of him taking several hundred dollars in cigarettes and cash around 3:30 a.m. yesterday.
He apparently used a ladder to break and and climb in through a second-story rear window of Wides Liquors on West Englewood Avenue, Detective Capt. Tim Torell told CLIFFVIEW PILOT.
Detective Barry Miller immediately recognized Carter, 44, on the video and went with uniformed officers to his home.
“An extremely violent struggle ensued between the officers and Carter, requiring additional police units from throughout the city,” Torell said.
“This was not a case where someone was making it difficult for handcuffs to be applied — we encounter that all the time,” the captain said. “This was a full-out and purposeful attempt by Carter to injure officers and escape.
“That, compounded by the interference of one of his family members, made this a dangerous situation.”
Carter was taken into custody, along with his 52-year-old, sister, Mary Joyce Carter.
In the process, however both Miller and and Patrol Officer Jerel Hammond sustained hand injuries.
Miller had a “bad break” in one of his hands and was scheduled for surgery this afternoon, Torell said.
“Aside from the personal side of losing Barry and Jerel until they mend, it’s a significant loss to the department,” he said. “We’re a busy place. Being down two guys is going to hurt.
“We wish them both a speedy recovery.”
Mary Carter was charged with one count of Obstruction and later released.
Willie Carter, meanwhile, was back in the Bergen County Jail, this time on $100,000 bail, charged with two counts of aggravated assault on police officers, two counts of resisting arrest, burglary and theft.
MUGSHOT: Courtesy Englewood PD
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