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Alecia S. Jones of Hillside and Tyson S. Stamper of Elizabeth, both 22, are charged with two counts of aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, as well as resisting arrest and possession of marijuana.
Stamper, who has a criminal history, was wanted on outstanding warrants out of Elizabeth and Clark, records show.
The couple had been pulled over around 9:50 a.m. Saturday when they attacked the officer, NJSP Trooper Charles Marchan said.
Passing off-duty police officers and good Samaritans stopped to help the trooper subdue the couple.
They were arrested and the trooper was taken to a local hospital with injuries that Marchan said weren't life-threatening.
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ALSO SEE: An engineer from Westchester who worked on innovations in supercomputer chips was inexplicably walking in the fast lane of the Garden State Parkway before dawn Sunday when he was struck and killed overnight near the New York State border, authorities said.
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UPDATE: A 20-year-old Manhattan man was captured in the Bronx and charged with a shooting in Lodi that left the victim paralyzed -- a result of what authorities said was a dispute over a 17-year-old girl.
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