NJ Probes Shooting Of Drug Suspect By Police Officer In Sayreville
SAYREVILLE, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) - State law enforcement authorities are investigating the shooting by a police officer of a drug suspect in central New Jersey.
The attorney general's office's shooting response team says a preliminary investigation shows Isaiah Roberts was to meet with undercover agents behind a Rite Aid pharmacy in Sayreville Thursday.
When the 38-year-old Parlin resident saw officers approaching he tried to flee, but allegedly struck an unmarked police vehicle and a detective from the Middlesex County prosecutor's office.
A Perth Amboy police officer assigned to the prosecutor's office fired a rifle at Roberts but didn't hit him.
Roberts is being held on $500,000 bail and is charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault, eluding and a weapons offense. The prosecutor's office was filing drug charges.
It wasn't known if he'd retained an attorney.
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