HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (PIX11) -- A New York State Police Trooper was assaulted while conducting a traffic stop on Thursday in Nassau County, police said.
The reported assault happened around 4:18 p.m. on the Southern State Parkway, according to NYSP.
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The Trooper conducted the traffic stop for an expired Connecticut registration. The driver, Calith M. Hudson, 33, of Jamaica, was verbally combative and threw his license on the ground, police said.