Crime & Safety
Cops: Port Jeff Man, Waves Gun, Resists Arrest, Punches Nurse
Man arrested for threatening someone with a gun and resisting arrest ended his night punching a nurse at Mather Hospital.
A Coram man who started his night threatening someone with a gun in Port Jefferson village, punched a nurse in the Emergency Room at after resisting arrest, according to police.
On Saturday night, Eric Perez, 19, of Coram, allegedly waved a gun at another person prompting a call to 911. Police say that Perez got violent with officers and kicked in the back seat of a patrol car while he was being arrested on the corner of Main Street and Maple Avenue at 10:25 p.m. Police took Perez to Mather Hospital to be checked out for injuries sustained while resisting arrest.
At 12:57 a.m. on Sunday morning, while in the ER, Perez then allegedly punched a nurse whose name was not disclosed by police. It is not known why Perez punched the nurse or the nurse’s condition after the assault.
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Perez was arrested and charged with assault, menacing, resisting arrest and criminal mischief.
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