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Freelance Writer From NY Charged With Assaulting Fort Lee Police During Welfare Check Freelance Writer From NY Charged With Assaulting Fort Lee Police During Welfare Check
Freelance Writer From NY Charged With Assaulting Fort Lee Police During Welfare Check Fort Lee police were checking on the welfare of a man at a local high-rise when he assaulted them and was taken into custody, authorities said. Matthew D. Gilgoff, a 45-year-old freelance writer from Ulster County, NY, was alert and conscious but under the influence of drugs when officers found him on the floor at 2100 Linwood Avenue, Capt. Edward Young said. Gilgoff told both of them that they “will die tonight” and also “made a statement that was biased in nature,” Young said. He then kicked an officer and wrapped his legs around the officer’s in an attempt at a tackle, the captain said…

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by Jerry DeMarco