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Accused DWI Motorist Charged With Assaulting North Arlington Police
Two North Arlington police officers complained of pain after a driver who failed a sobriety field test resisted arrest, authorities said.
The officers had stopped Luis Alberto Carillo, 42, after seeing his vehicle being operated erratically on the Belleville Turnpike around 8 a.m. Monday, Dec. 26, Police Chief Scott M. Hedenberg said.
Carillo failed a field test, then tussled with the officers before they subdued and arrested him, the chief said.
One officer reported shoulder pain, the other knee pain, but both refused medical attention, Hedenberg said.
Carillo, meanwhile, was brought to …
New Milford PD: Wanted NYC Driver With No License, Registration Or Plates Assaults Officer, EMT
A driver wanted on outstanding warrants was jailed after he brawled with New Milford police, kicked an EMT and spit in an officer’s face, authorities said.
Thomas Overton, 19, of the Bronx had no license, registration – or even license plates -- when Officer Daniel O’Neill stopped him in a BMW on New Milford Avenue near Main Street shortly before 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Capt. Kevin Van Saders said.
Overton immediately “became confrontational with the officer and would not provide the requested paperwork,” the captain said.
The officer eventually identified Overton, who computer records showed h…
