Officers from more than 15 agencies were called in to help disperse the unruly crowd at the Fairfield Executive Inn
Two men were charged with assaulting a Fairfield police officer after a disturbance at a township hotel on Sept. 7. (File photo)FAIRFIELD - Two men were charged with assaulting a township police officer after a large melee at a Route 46 hotel last week.
According to Fairfield Deputy Chief Anthony Manna, officers were called to the Fairfield Executive Inn at around 2:38 a.m. on Sept. 7, where they found around 50 people arguing and "creating a disturbance" on the hotel's third floor.
Officers from 15 law enforcement agencies around the area were called in to help control the crowd, but orders to disperse were ignored, and two men, 35-year-old Robert Cacciatore and 47-year-old Ronald Roselli, began to strike each other, Manna said.
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Police began to intervene but the two persisted, and each allegedly struck Officer Thomas Myers during the struggle.
Both were arrested and charged with aggravated assault on a police officer and simple assault.
Cacciatore, of Franklin Square, N.Y., and Roselli, of Belleville, were later released on their own recognizance pending an upcoming appearance in Essex County Superior Court.
Manna said it was unclear what started the altercation between the two men.
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