AG: Armed Robber Spits On Jersey City Police, Says They'll Find Out Whether He Has Coronavirus

A three-time armed robber asked Jersey City police how they could be sure that he wasn’t infected with the coronavirus, then spit in an officer’s face, authorities said.

Jerry DeMarco

05/31/2020 9:25 a.m.

Jose Rios, 51, used a gun in two holdups and a knife in another, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said.

After suggesting that he could be infected, Rios of Jersey City said that police would soon find out – then spit at one of them, Grewal said.

Police charged him with three counts of armed robbery and several of illegal weapons possession for the May 2 and May 9 holdups, then sent him to the county lockup to await a hearing, the attorney general said.

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