Crime & Safety

Man Charged with Resisting Arrest, Assaulting Police Officer

Joseph C. Celani, 24, of Hopatcong was charged with third-degree resisting arrest and third-degree aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer.

A Hopatcong man resisted arrest and assaulted an officer, police said.

Joseph C. Celani, 24, was charged with third-degree resisting arrest and third-degree aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer on April 19. The case was investigated by Detective Christopher Bork of the Stanhope Police Department, the Sussex County Prosecutor's Office said.

Arraignment is scheduled for within the next six weeks, the Prosecutor's Office said.

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