{"id":169,"date":"2010-08-11T16:44:14","date_gmt":"2010-08-11T16:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"1.941506"},"modified":"2010-09-02T17:53:32","modified_gmt":"2010-09-02T17:53:32","slug":"man-charged-with-assaulting-cop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/2010\/08\/11\/man-charged-with-assaulting-cop\/","title":{"rendered":"Man charged with assaulting cop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font size=\"2\">A routine traffic stop for suspicion of DUI just after midnight on July 31in Silver Lake Township led to an altercation for two Montrose men with police.<\/font><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 6pt 0in 0pt; line-height: 10.5pt\"><font size=\"2\">John H. Wittenberg Jr., 22, has been charged with four felony counts of aggravated assault.<\/font><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 6pt 0in 0pt; line-height: 10.5pt\"><font size=\"2\">Wittenberg was the passenger in a vehicle driven by Joshua Peters Jr., 21, along Briton Road where the driver had been suspected of being under the influence of alcohol, and, according to a criminal complaint, &#8220;could barely stand up.&#8221;<\/font><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 6pt 0in 0pt; line-height: 10.5pt\"><font size=\"2\">Silver Lake police said the driver resisted arrest and was extremely disorderly.<\/font><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 6pt 0in 0pt; line-height: 10.5pt\"><font size=\"2\">While being transported to the hospital, Wittenberg smashed his head off the cage in the police vehicle and sustained a large laceration to the head and blood was splattered about. <\/font><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 6pt 0in 0pt; line-height: 10.5pt\"><font size=\"2\">He was offered medical attention. <\/font><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 6pt 0in 0pt; line-height: 10.5pt\"><font size=\"2\">According to the complaint, Wittenberg was screaming and threatened police officers and their families, even noting he would &#8220;put a bullet in all officers&#8217; heads.&#8221;<\/font><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 6pt 0in 0pt; line-height: 10.5pt\"><font size=\"2\">Both are alleged to have used racial slurs and spit on officers, and the complaint notes that officer Jim Smith sustained an injury to his right hand after an encounter with the individuals.<\/font><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 6pt 0in 0pt; line-height: 10.5pt\"><font size=\"2\">In addition to the assault charges, Wittenberg faces four counts of resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and terroristic threats.<\/font><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 6pt 0in 0pt; line-height: 10.5pt\"><font size=\"2\">Bail was set at $50,000, after Wittenberg was arraigned on July 31. 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