Newark man charged with assaulting security officer
Newark NJ August 1 2019
A man accused of getting into an altercation with a security guard was arrested after returning to the scene because he forgot his cell phone, Newark Police said.
The incident happened just before 8 p.m. July 19 at the Retreat at Newark apartment complex near Suburban Plaza.
The security guard told police she was investigating unauthorized people at the property when one of them struck her arm, knocking her phone out of her hand as she was taking a photo of the man’s license plate.
The man then grabbed the security guard’s phone and drove away, apparently inadvertently leaving his own phone behind, police said.
The security guard recovered the man’s phone, and a few minutes later, the man returned and demanded the phone back, police said.
Police soon arrived and arrested the man, later identified as Tiheed Roane, 19, of Wilmington, according to Lt. Andrew Rubin, a spokesman for the Newark Police Department.
Roane was charged with offensive touching, theft, criminal mischief and possession of marijuana. He was released on his own recognizance.
