4 arrested
for assaulting boro officers
RUMSON — A family quarrel turned violent last weekend, police said, when a borough women and her three children allegedly assaulted three police officers on the front lawn of their Forrestdale Avenue home.
Teresa, Amanda and John Lytle, and a 15-year-old male whose name is being withheld, as well as Steven Bert, of Brooklyn, N.Y., were arrested and charged with aggravated assault, disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, and obstruction of justice Sunday evening, according to Rumson Police Sgt. Daniel Petrucelli.
At around 10 p.m. Sunday, borough patrolmen Peter Koenig, Robert Boyer and Donald Schneider; off-duty officers Jeffrey Nixon and Michael Campanella; and officers from the Fair Haven and Little Silver police departments were dispatched to 34 Forrest Ave. on a report that a family brawl was in progress. Just as police thought the situation was being brought under control, Teresa Lytle, 41, struck Koenig and Patrolman Paul Halpin of Little Silver in the face, Petrucelli said.
John Lytle, 21, is charged with assaulting Patrolman Joseph McGovern of Fair Haven. Amanda Lytle, 18, and the 15-year-old are charged with assaulting the responding officers.
Teresa and Amanda Lytle were taken to police headquarters and released after posting $17,500 bail each.
Lytle, who also was charged with hindering his own apprehension, was committed to the Monmouth County Correctional Institution, Freehold Township, in default of $27,500 bail.
The juvenile was committed to Monmouth County juvenile detention facility, Freehold Township, and Bert was released on a summons. Koenig was treated for a face injury at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank.