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Construction Worker Helps Capture Violent Ex-Con In Edgewater Police Assault, Authorities Say Construction Worker Helps Capture Violent Ex-Con In Edgewater Police Assault, Authorities Say
Construction Worker Helps Capture Violent Ex-Con In Edgewater Police Assault, Authorities Say A fleeing ex-con assaulted two Edgewater police officers before a good Samaritan helped capture him, authorities said. Jason Westlee, 34, of East Orange was loading merchandise stolen from the Old Navy in the Edgewater Commons mall into a UHaul truck with a female companion from Brooklyn when police rolled up last Wednesday, Chief Donald Martin said. As they questioned the pair, Westlee pushed one of the officers and ran toward a building under construction, Martin said. Westlee kicked his pursuers, injuring one of them, before he was subdued with the construction worker's help, the chief …