Terell Greene is being held on charges including aggravated assault and eluding
Terrell Greene, 23, was behind the wheel of a 2012 Nissan Sentra when two Bloomfield officers watched him go around traffic and speed through a red light on Grove Street at around 1:18 a.m., according to Bloomfield Police Director Samuel Demaio.
Terrell Greene (Essex County Corrections)The officers gave chase, but Greene allegedly turned off the car's headlights and led them on a pursuit through East Orange and back into Bloomfield, eventually turning the wrong way onto Washington Street.
Demaio said he then collided head on with a cruiser driven by Officer Michael Malia, "causing both vehicles to come to an abrupt stop."
Greene was arrested, and Malia was taken to Mountainside Hospital for injuries to his neck, back, shoulder and knee. He was treated and released later on Sunday, Demaio said.
Greene told police he was not injured in the crash, and was booked on charges including assault by auto, aggravated assault, receiving stolen property and eluding.
He was arraigned by Bloomfield Municpial Court Judge John Paparazzo and ordered to be held on $100,000 bail.
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