Officers Injured After 18-Year-Old Hicksville Woman Becomes Combative, Police Say

An 18-year-old Long Island woman has been accused of injuring two police officers as they attempted to arrest her, authorities said.

Rosa Sanchez, age 18, was charged with assaulting two police officers in Hicksville on Harding Avenue.
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Ben Crnic

11/08/2022 12:50 p.m.

On Monday, Nov. 7 at around 8:30 p.m., officers responded to a disturbance at a Nassau County residence in Hicksville on Harding Avenue, where a woman told them that she was having an argument with a family member, according to Nassau County Police.

After this, 18-year-old Rosa Sanchez then approached the responding officers and became "physically combative" and violent while resisting arrest, police said.

The two injured officers and Sanchez were later taken to a hospital for treatment and assessment, according to police.

Police said Sanchez is charged with the following:

Two counts of second-degree assault;
Resisting arrest.

Sanchez will be arraigned on Tuesday, Nov. 8 at the First District Court in Hempstead, police said.

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