Gang member arrested after fighting police at Westbury gas station, police say

Juan Taveras Jr., of Freeport, was charged with counts including... — Juan Taveras Jr., of Freeport, was charged with counts including second-degree assault, police said. Credit: NCPD

By Joan Grallajoan.gralla@newsday.com JoanGrallaNovember 8, 2018

A known Latin Kings gang member from Freeport resisted arrest and fought with police officers who were called to settle a disturbance at a gas station in Westbury on Wednesday, Nassau County police said.

Juan Taveras Jr., 33, was “eventually subdued and handcuffed” at the Speedway Gas Station at 880 Old Country Rd. about 6:30 p.m., police said in a news release Thursday.

He and the officers all were taken to a hospital to be treated for undisclosed injuries, according to the police.

Taveras was charged with two counts of second-degree felony assault and misdemeanors for resisting arrest and second-degree obstructing governmental administration, police said. He is scheduled to be arraigned in First District Court in Hempstead on Thursday.

By Joan Gralla and Ted Phillips

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Joan Gralla is a general assignment reporter who also covers parks, flood control and Holocaust restitution. She's a former Reuters correspondent who covered politics, economics and markets.

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