Assaults and Threats Against Police Officers, EMTs, or Others

  • Julio Pineda, 41, of West New York, was arrested on Saturday, May 2, by the Secaucus Police Department on charges of terroristic threats during an emergency (2nd degree), throwing bodily fluid at a law enforcement officer (4th degree), and disorderly persons offenses of shoplifting, obstruction, and violating the emergency orders. Pineda was arrested for shoplifting and obstruction at Home Depot. At the police station, he allegedly stated “I have coronavirus, you are all going to [expletive] die.” He began coughing into the air, and when an officer tried to calm him down, he allegedly coughed multiple times at the officer, who was near to him.
  • Shakiya J. Duncan, 28, was charged on May 6 by the Somers Point Police with disorderly conduct and violating the emergency orders. Duncan was told several times by employees of Big Lots to wear a mask but refused to wear one. Duncan was standing very close to the woman in front of her in the checkout line, and when that woman asked her to please step back, Duncan allegedly screamed at her, cursed, and leaned forward to cough in the victim’s face.
  • Nickolas Suk, 23, of Flemington, was arrested on May 7 by the Parsippany Police Department on charges of throwing bodily fluid at a law enforcement officer (4th degree), endangering (4th degree), and violating the emergency orders. Police responded to a report of a person causing property damage. Officers located Suk, who was acting irrationally and had a hammer in his hand. Suk allegedly refused to cooperate with police and began coughing and spitting toward the officers on the scene, saying “I hope you get corona.”

Other Criminal Charges Involving Indictable Offenses

  • Mary E. Stewart, 63, of Bridgewater, was charged on May 2 by the Bridgewater Police Department with aggravated assault (4th degree), endangering (disorderly persons offense), and violating the emergency orders. Stewart alleged spit on staff members at a medical facility multiple times. She also allegedly spit on her hands and then wiped saliva on various pieces of medical equipment and surfaces.
  • Travis Mann, 38, of Haskel, was charged on May 2 by the Paterson Police with failure to register as a sex offender (3rd degree), hindering apprehension or prosecution (3rd degree), defiant trespass (disorderly persons offense), and violating the emergency orders. Police responded to the 7-Eleven at 262 Main Street on a report of a man yelling at employees, alarming customers, shoplifting, and not social distancing or wearing a mask. Mann was issued summonses for disorderly conduct and violating the emergency orders. During processing, it was determined that Mann is a registered sex offender who has failed to register since 2016.