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Lyndhurst PD: Wood-Ridge Driver Kicked, Spit At Officers, Claimed He Had COVID
A drunk driver from Wood-Ridge kicked an off-duty Lyndhurst police lieutenant who stopped him for driving recklessly, then spit on the officer’s backups, claiming he had the coronavirus, authorities said.
A recklessly-driven BMW driven by Joseph Marotta, 37, nearly hit Lt. Paul Haggerty’s car as he turned off Post Avenue onto Stuyvesant Avenue around 11:30 p.m. Friday, Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said.
Haggerty alerted headquarters and followed the BMW as it headed back to Post Avenue, he said.
Marotta pulled to the curb near the corner of Post and Willow as backup Officers Joseph White, …
