Man Jailed After Threatening Officers, Cops Say

A pair of 19-year-old men were arrested after a confrontation with Hopatcong police on May 10, Lt. Thomas Kmetz said.

Wharton resident Dallas Crosby and Landing resident Marcus Morris were charged with underage drinking and obstruction of justice after officers arrived to a Monroe Trail home to investigate reports of a large fight, Kmetz said.

Hopatcong police found Crosby and Morris facing each other and looking like they were about to fight, the lieutenant said. The officers ordered the teens to the ground, and while Morris initially complied, Crosby did not, Kmetz said.

While Crosby was being cuffed, Morris started to curse at the officers loudly enough that residents started coming out of their homes, Kmetz said. Both Morris and Crosby were charged with underage drinking and obstruction of justice, and Crosby was released.

While in custody, Morris continued cursing and yelling in headquarters, calling the officers racist pigs and threatening to "get" their families when he gets out of jail, Kmetz said. 

Morris also threw wet toilet paper out of his cell, tossed his cell mattress around the cell and was jumping up and down yelling and clapping his hands, telling officers he was clapping his hands in preparation for a fight, Kmetz said.

Morris was charged with possession/consumption of alcohol underage, disorderly conduct and terroristic threats, Kmetz said. 

Judge Bowkley granted $15,000 bail with no 10 percent option, and Morris was later brought to the Sussex County Jail, Kmetz said.