Drunk Drew U. Student Assaulted Officers, Broke Cop's Leg: Police

MADISON, N.J. – A “highly intoxicated” Drew University student who was trying to decline medical attention ended up in jail after assaulting a police officer, Madison Acting Lt. John Miscia said.

Police responded to the school’s division of public safety after a call regarding Eduardo M. Palmieri, 19, of Guilford, Connecticut, who was allegedly “highly intoxicated” and acting “very belligerent” toward officers at the school, Miscia said.

Madison police officers and an ambulance arrived on scene. When confronted by Madison officers, Palmieri refused to go to the hospital and “began assaulting officers,” Miscia said.

During the altercation one of the Madison police officers was hit in the leg, which was fractured in two places, Miscia said.

Palmieri was finally subdued and taken to Morristown Medical Center and subsequently arrested and charged with three counts of aggravated assault on an officer. He was placed in the Morris County Correctional Facility in lieu of $10,000 bail, where he remained Monday afternoon, Miscia said.

The officer, who was not identified by police, was released from the hospital but will undergo surgery on the fractures, Miscia said.