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Gotcha! Repeat Offender Resists After Hackensack Police Track Him Down: Authorities
A repeat offender was arrested for the third time in a little over seven months after Hackensack police said he committed a series of vehicle burglaries along a stretch of high-rises.
He put up a fight, though, and had to be Tased, authorities said.
Reggie Scott, 40, initially eluded security guards -- as well as a police manhunt -- following break-ins along Prospect Avenue, Hackensack Police Director Raymond Guidetti said.
On Tuesday, Oct. 19, however, he was behind bars.
"During the month of October, the City of Hackensack suffered from a rash of burglaries to a number of motor vehicles…
VA Man Kicks, Spits On Officers During Arrest In North Jersey: Prosecutor
A 24-year-old Virginia man is facing charges for assaulting police officers as he was being arrested in North Jersey, authorities said.
Austin E. Whitmire, of Falls Church, was bleeding from his hand in the parking lot of a business when Branchburg Township police officers arrived on the scene just before midnight on Friday, Sept. 23, according to Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald.
Whitmire had allegedly been trying to break a fence before police were called. While speaking with them, the man punched the fence before yelling, cursing, and lunging at one of the officers, …
Unruly Lyft Passenger Assaults Officers, EMS Workers In North Jersey, Police Say
A 56-year-old woman was arrested for assaulting police officers and EMS workers in North Jersey, authorities said.
It all happened around 4:15 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 27 when officers responded to First Street and Hudson Street in Hoboken on a report of a potentially drunk and unruly Lyft passenger, local police said.
As she was talking with authorities, Linda Smith, of Hoboken, punched and kicked the officers and EMS workers who were also called to the scene, according to police.
She was subsequently arrested and charged with three counts of aggravated assault, terroristic threats, and res…
