Police Arrest Jersey City Girl After Spitting in Cop's Face

Hoboken police arrested an 17-year-old Jersey City girl on Saturday around 5:30 a.m., after she allegedly kicked in the window of a police radio car and spat an officer in the face, according to reports.

Early Saturday morning, a little before 5:30, Hoboken police officers arrived in the area of 320 Harrison Street, where there were about 30 people in the street involved in a fight, according to police. When the police arrived, they didn't witness any physical altercations, according to reports.

One anonymous resident told police that three girls from Jersey City were causing some of the altercations, according to reports.

When police told the girls to come back to the precinct—and call their parents, since the three girls were under 18—one of them started resising arrest by walking away, according to police.

When one officer placed his hand on the girl's arm, reports said, she allegedly scratched his left cheek, causing a red mark. The officer then tried to handcuff her, according to reports, but the girl resisted. Police said a smell of alcohol came from her mouth.

When placed in the back of a radio car, she started kicking uncontrollably, police said, and broke the rear window. Police then tried to place her in another car, during which the girl allegedly spat the officer in the face, according to reports.

Police said the girl kept kicking, causing the officers to call an ambulance to wait and take her away.

The girl was arrested and charged with aggravated assault, resisting arrest, criminal mischief, consumption of alcohol and subjecting an officer to bodily fluids, according to the report.