Crime & Safety
Police: Wyckoff Sergeant Injured after Fight with Suspect
Sgt. Dale Winters is out of work "indefinitely" after a Wyckoff man allegedly struck him in the knee during an investigation of a domestic dispute.
A Wyckoff police sergeant was taken to the hospital Friday night after a call to a Wyckoff Avenue home ended in a fight, police say.
Sgt. Dale Winters and Officer Kevin Kasak responded to the home of Christopher Frawley, 35, to investigate a verbal argument at the house. After finding Frawley “highly intoxicated and acting aggressively,” police said, they called for backup from Sgt. Brian Zivkovich and Officer Brenda Groslinger, as well as two Midland Park Police officers.
During a confrontation between Frawley and police outside the house, Winters was hit in the knee and had to be taken to Valley Hospital for treatment, according to Wyckoff Chief Benjamin Fox.
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Winters was released later Friday night, but remains out of work indefinitely pending the results of an MRI.
Frawley was charged with third degree aggravated assault on a police officer, and criminal mischief for allegedly damaging a police car. He was being held Monday at the Bergen County Jail in lieu of $25,000 bail.
