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On February 2, 2018, James R. Dorton, 34, of Gloucester City N.J. was sentenced to five years in New Jersey state prison for his admitted attempt to disarm a Woodbury police officer in an October 10, 2016 struggle on Cooper Street, according to a statement released by the Gloucester City Prosecutor’s office.
In the incident, city police officers were dispatched to a location outside the Atrium Acute Care Center for a report of a man attempting to steal an NJ Transit bus.
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Dorton was identified as the suspect and attempted to flee. A struggle ensued when he was apprehended and he attempted to grab the service weapons of two officers.
When he was transported to Inspira Hospital, Dorton again struggled, kicked a patrol car door, and once more reached for the officers’ weapons.
Dorton entered a guilty plea on December 11, 2017 to the second-degree offense of attempting to disarm a police officer.
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Under terms of the plea agreement, Assistant Gloucester County Prosecutor Steven Salvati recommended the five-year sentence.
Doron was sentenced before Superior Court Judge Robert P. Becker in accordance with the agreement.