Them's Fightin' Words, Those Are Handcuffs

A Collingswood man’s attempted fisticuffs ended in handcuffs after he allegedly tried to fight a Gloucester Township Police officer Thursday night.

Police said an intoxicated Alfred T. Kee Jr., 43, of the White Horse Pike, stood outside a home on the 500 block of Seneca Court shouting at residents and refusing to leave the property. Officer Nicholas Aumendo arrived around 10 p.m. and attempted to calm Kee, who police said was uncooperative and displaying aggressive behavior.

Kee charged Aumendo, police said, and the officer pushed the man away. Then Kee got into fighting stance and “told the officer that he better call for backup,” police said.

That got Kee pepper sprayed in an attempt to subdue him. Aumendo got Kee under control and into handcuffs.

Neither was injured during the incident, police said.

Kee was charged with aggravated assault on a police officer, resisting arrest, defiant trespassing and criminal mischief. He was remanded to Camden County Jail on $10,000 with an option to pay 10 percent.