Atlantic City Man Gets Prison After Knife Threats, Officer Assault

Atlantic City, N.J. — An Atlantic City man is headed to prison for threatening people with a knife and for assaulting a police officer.

Last Tuesday, 32-year-old Nashid Seymore was sentenced to one year in state prison after pleading guilty to fourth-degree unlawful possession of a weapon and fourth-degree aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer.

The Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said on January 5th of this year, officers with the Atlantic City Police Department was dispatched to the intersection of Indiana and Atlantic Avenues for a report of a man threatening people with a knife.

Seymore was located at the scene with the knife in his possession and he admitted to brandishing the knife during an argument.

Then, on May 13th, Seymore was involved in a physical altercation with another man on the corner of Tennessee and Atlantic Avenues. While taking Seymore into custody, he headbutted a police officer several times causing bodily injury.

Assistant Prosecutor Alexandria Peters represented the State in these matters.

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