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Somerset Man Indicted for Attempting to Kill Township Police Officers

November 21, 2013 Crime News

Archie Ashley
Archie Ashley
Photo: Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office

A 26-year-old Somerset man who police said tried to kill a township police officer during a struggle last summer has been indicted on several charges, including attempted murder.

An indictment charging Archie L. Ashley with five counts of 1st Degree attempted murder, 1st Degree disarming a police officer, 2nd Degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, 3rd Degree resisting arrest, burglary, theft and criminal mischief was returned Nov. 21 by a Somerset County Grand Jury, according to a press release from Somerset County Prosecutor Geoffrey Soriano.

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