SCRANTON — A 21-year-old West Orange, New Jersey man kicked an officer in groin and spit in his face Saturday, police charge.
University of Scranton Police responded to a report of three men fighting on the second flood of Montrone Hall, 915 Mulberry St., around 4:21 p.m., according to a criminal complaint.
Two men were uncooperative and refused to leave the property. Police identified one man as Gregory Hilton.
Two friends attempted to leave with Hilton, but he refused and continued to yell and argue with police. Officers took him into custody.
Hilton refused to comply with commands at police headquarters and spit in the face of Thomas Cadugan, the university’s chief of police, before kicking him in the groin, officers said.
Police charged Hilton with aggravated assault, assault of a law enforcement officer, defiant trespass, disorderly conduct and harassment.
A preliminary hearing is scheduled for March 24 at 10:30 a.m.