A Wilkes-Barre man attacked a police officer after being questioned about drug use during a traffic stop in Scranton on Sunday, according to a criminal complaint.<\/p>\n
When approached by officers after being stopped for a driving infraction, Daniel Zamber, 49, was talking nonsensically and had pinned eyes, a sign of opioid use, police said.<\/p>\n
When Officer Nicholas Brett put Zamber in handcuffs and attempted to put him in a patrol vehicle, Zamber resisted and pulled away from him. When other officers arrived to assist, Zamber continued to resist and kicked them.<\/p>\n
He is charged with aggravated assault, resisting arrest and driving under the influence of a controlled substance.<\/p>\n
According to the criminal complaint:<\/p>\n
At about 2 a.m., Brett was on patrol on North Main Avenue when he spotted Zamber traveling north, failing to stop at a red light. When Brett attempted to pull him over, Zamber initially slowed down but did not come to a complete stop.<\/p>\n
Zamber eventually did stop and Brett approached him from the passenger side of his vehicle.<\/p>\n
Brett noted that Zamber\u2019s eyes were \u201cpinpointed,\u201d and he appeared lethargic and consistently lost his train of thought. At one point he stuck out his tongue and closed his eyes.<\/p>\n
Brett asked him to step out of the car and asked him if he had taken any narcotics.<\/p>\n
Zamber said he hadn\u2019t, but that he was taking Suboxone. He was unable to satisfactorily complete a field sobriety test. Brett advised Zamber that he was being arrested for driving under the influence of a controlled substance and placed him in handcuffs.<\/p>\n
Zamber pulled away from Brett and became combative.<\/p>\n
When Brett gained control of Zamber for a second time, he again became aggressive, clenching his teeth, screaming and pulling away.<\/p>\n
At one point, Zamber lunged at Brett, who took him to the ground. When multiple officers attempted to put Zamber in a patrol car, he kicked officers Chad Pettus and Steven Tineo.<\/p>\n
Brett noted Zamber admitted during a roadside interview to having drunk two beers.<\/p>\n
Zamber remains at Lackawanna County Prison in lieu of $10,000 bail. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for 11 a.m. on Dec. 4 before District Judge George Seig.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Wilkes-Barre man attacked a police officer after being questioned about drug use during a traffic stop in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25972,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[202,201,182,803,139,28,178,180,179,181,2685],"class_list":{"0":"post-39983","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-scranton","8":"tag-crime-and-public-safety","9":"tag-lackawanna-county","10":"tag-local-news","11":"tag-luzerne-county","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-pennsylvania","14":"tag-scranton","15":"tag-scranton-headlines","16":"tag-scranton-news","17":"tag-top-stories-stt","18":"tag-wilkes-barre"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39983\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}