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On Sunday, Aug. 27, at 1:24 a.m., Atlantic City Police Officer Trevor Brenner was stopped by a citizen reporting that a man pulled a handgun on him. While stopped at the traffic light at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard and Pacific Avenue, a man on the sidewalk removed a handgun from a bag and the citizen quickly drove away, police said.
Officer Adrian Nunez-Santos located a suspect in the 1600 block of Pacific Avenue. The man, Sean Bennett, of Chester, PA, did not comply with commands provided by police officers. Bennett shoved Officer Nunez-Santos and attempted to flee, police said.
After a struggle on the ground, Bennett was taken into custody with the assistance of Officers Jesse Oliver-Logan, Jennifer Sanchez, and Tyke White. Bennett was found in possession of a loaded handgun, a knife, ecstasy, and synthetic K2, police said.
Bennett was charged with aggravated assault, aggravated assault on a police officer, obstruction of justice, resisting arrest, unlawful possession of a weapon (two counts), possession of hollow-point ammunition, and possession of drugs.
Bennett was taken to the Atlantic County Justice Facility.
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