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Woman Charged with Assaulting Police Officers in Hoboken

By Lependorf & Silverstein

A 21-year-old Jersey City woman has been arrested on suspicion of assaulting two police officers. According to The Hoboken Patch, the arrest was made during the early morning on Hudson Street in Hoboken. The police stopped to speak with three women whom they believed were involved in a dispute with two men. Police have stated that the Jersey City woman became irate and punched, choked and wrestled the police officers before being arrested. She has been charged with two counts of aggravated assault. Under New Jersey Statute 2C:12-1, a person commits aggravated assault when he or she: "Attempts to cause serious bodily injury to another, or causes such injury purposely or knowingly or under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life recklessly causes such injury...continue to full post

Full post as published by New Jersey Criminal Defense Blog on January 04, 2011 (boomark / email).