Ramapo police, New Square residents clash over arrest, police say
By STEVE LIEBERMAN
THE JOURNAL NEWS
(Original publication: December 13, 2007)
NEW SQUARE - Ramapo police clashed this afternoon with dozens of residents apparently after arresting a community member, police said.
Residents surrounded a police patrol car, looking to pull the arrested man from the vehicle, police said.
Sheriff's Department officers went to the village at the request of Ramapo police to assist with crowd control, Sheriff Lt. William Barbera said.
''Apparently, the officers were arresting a local person and for some reason they are trying to pull the guy from a patrol car,'' Barbera said.
Barbera didn't have any details on the arrest.
Ramapo police were unavailable for comment at 4:15 p.m.
No other information was available.
