Crime & Safety
Man Kicked Hanover Officer After Sobriety Test: Police
The Elizabeth man was charged with aggravated assault and criminal mischief.
HANOVER, NJ — An Elizabeth man kicked an officer following a sobriety test and during his arrest, Hanover police said Wednesday. Bryan Garcia was charged June 19 with aggravated assault and criminal mischief.
Police originally pulled Garcia over when they smelled weed and observed it in plain view, according to authorities. They asked Garcia, 20, to perform sobriety tests and subsequently arrested him.
Garcia became "belligerent and uncooperative" before kicking an officer during processing, according to police.
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He also received summonses for DWI, refusal, no front plate, no inspection sticker, tinted window, uninsured, unsafe lane change, failure to follow a marked course, careless driving, speeding, failure to obey traffic signal and failure to signal turn.
He was released pending his court date.
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