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At around 6:30 p.m. Friday, June 24 in Franklin Square, officers responded to Rath Park on Fenworth Boulevard for a disturbance between two juveniles.
After arriving on the scene, officers were informed that a male juvenile subject, age 17, took a backpack from a 15-year-old boy, Nassau County Police said.
Officers approached the 17-year-old subject at the intersection of Hoffman Street and Fenworth Boulevard, where he refused to comply with multiple verbal commands and then actively resisted arrest, police said.
After a brief struggle, he was placed in custody.
As a result, an officer suffered an injury, as the 17-year-old was combative while resisting arrest, said police. The officer was transported to a nearby hospital for treatment.
No other injuries were reported.
The 17-year-old, whose name was not released due to his age, has been charged with:
- Second-degree assault,
- Fourth-degree grand larceny,
- Obstructing governmental administration,
- Resisting arrest.
He was scheduled to be arraigned on Saturday, June 25, in the youth part of First District Court in Hempstead.
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