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Burlington County Aggravated Assault Charges against Man

By Lependorf & Silverstein

An article in the Times of Trenton Regional News reported that a Chesterfield man allegedly assaulted two police officers with a large kitchen knife as he leaped out of a house he shares with his parents. A prosecutor spokesperson stated that the police were responding to a call indicating that a disturbed person was at the residence where the suspect lived. The suspect allegedly cut one of the officers in the arm with the knife when he charged out of his house. The police retaliated by opening fire on the suspect. Law enforcement authorities have not released information about the number of times the suspect was hit and the amount of gunshots fired by the police at the suspect. Following the police shooting, the suspect was later transported to Capital Regional Medical Center for emergency surgery...continue to full post

Full post as published by New Jersey Criminal Defense Blog on June 24, 2010 (boomark / email).