The man is later picked up some distance away.
A New Jersey man who cut in front of other customers Monday morning at a Hackettstown gas station displayed a knife when he was challenged by a station employee, town police report.
Angel Soto, 34, of Bound Brook, New Jersey, faces several charges in Warren County after displaying a knife during a dispute late in the morning of May 1, 2016, at a Hackettstown gas station, police say. (Courtesy photo | For lehighvalleylive.com) Angel Soto, 34, of Bound Brook, was charged with simple assault, possession of a weapon for unlawful purpose, unlawful possession of a weapon, certain persons not to possess a weapon and disorderly conduct, police said. He remained behind bars on Tuesday morning at Warren County Jail, records show.
After showing the knife's blade about 11:45 a.m. at the Citgo station at 17 Route 57, Soto left, but was stopped some distance away by Mansfield Township police with assistance from Washington Township police on Route 57 near the Washington Township line, police said.
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