Little Egg Police Arrest Man After Melee

LITTLE EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, NJ - Ever have one of those guests who refuses to leave?

That was the case when Little Egg Patrolmen Keith Gould and Jason Way responded to a report of an unwanted guest at a home in the Lighthouse Apartments on Oak Lane at 8:21 p.m. on Feb. 10, according to the police department's Facebook page.

There they found Shawn Pettit, 50, of Hammonton. He was highly intoxicated, combative, irate and was spitting and urinating in the home. He refused to leave the residence even after the police and the victim offered him rides to another location, the report states.

Pettit refused to cooperate and began screaming at officers. He resisted when officers tried to take him into custody. After a brief struggle, he was handcuffed and taken to police headquarters, where he continued to be combative, spat and tried to punch the officers, the report states.

Pettit was charged with resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and obstruction.

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