Oct 23, 2009 7:00 pm US/Eastern
Philly Couple Arrested For Assaulting Del. Trooper
TALLEYVILLE, Del. (AP) ―
Delaware State Police have charged a man with punching a trooper in the face near Pennsylvania.
Police say a trooper went to the TJ Maxx on Concord Pike near Talleyville for a reported shoplifting. When he got there Thursday night, he began chasing the man store officials said was a suspect.
The trooper caught up with 36-year-old Rodney Styles of Philadelphia and then police said Styles punched the trooper in the face.
After handcuffing Styles, the trooper was waiting for backup when Styles' girlfriend ran over and hit the trooper as he held Styles.
Twenty-five-year-old Jessica Perez of Philadelphia is charged with marijuana possession and offensive touching of an officer.
Styles is charged with assault of an officer, resisting arrest and shoplifting.
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