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East Meadow Man Injures Officers While Resisting Arrest

Anthony Pizaro, 23, of East Meadow got into a struggle with police outside of a Bethpage bar on Saturday.

An East Meadow man was arrested for resisting arrest outside of a Bethpage bar on Saturday morning, police said. 

Two officers were injured during the struggle and were taken to an area hospital for treatment. The extent of their injuries are unknown.

Authorities said that the officers, who were responding to a fight at The Fife and Drum Ale House at 349 North Wantagh Ave. around 3 a.m., were approached by Anthony Pizaro, 23, of East Meadow and Michelle Chalen, 21 of Bethpage outside of the bar.


The two then became irate and began fighting with officers when they were told that they could not re-enter the bar, police said.

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An officer sprained his wrist while trying to handcuff Pizaro and a second officer injured his knee when trying to assist, authorities said.

Police said that Chalen refused to follow orders from officers at the scene and continually interfered with the investigation and arrest of Pizaro.  While being placed under arrest, she kicked and struggled with the police. 

Pizaro and Chalen were both charged with second-degree resisting arrest and obstructing governmental administration. Pizaro was additionally charged with two counts of second-degree assault.

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Sara Rietbroek May 15, 2013 at 10:18 pm
Not sure why that happened. May have been a technical error.
JACK COLLINS May 15, 2013 at 06:45 pm
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