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Search for man suspected of assaulting Trooper

8/23/2010 3:43:29 PM

A search is underway in Washington County for a man who is suspected of assaulting a New York State Trooper by dragging him while trying to drive away in his truck. Trooper JP Smith was dragged for about a quarter-mile and suffered injuries to his head, torso and arm, and remains hospitalized at Albany Medical Center Hospital. The Trooper was responding to a domestic violence call between 30-year-old Abel Jimenez and the mother of his child. Jimenez is an undocumented immigrant from Mexico.

For more information about the incident, please click on the following link to an article in the Times Union newspaper: Times Union Article

 

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