Moore Township, PA - DUI Suspect Steals Police Car - Patrol Car Knocks Officer to Ground - Aggravated Assault - Escapes

Man steals police car, injures officer early this morning

Police arrested a Moore Township man this morning after he knocked down a police officer with a stolen police cruiser, later ditching the car and fleeing on foot.

Police will charge John Zeiner Jr. later today with aggravated assault, reckless endangerment and theft, according to Moore Township police Chief Gary West. Zeiner may also be charged with DUI, pending the results of a blood

test.A township police officer responding to a tenant-landlord dispute found Zeiner standing next to a pick-up truck on Copella Road sometime after 6:30 a.m. Zeiner jumped into the officer's patrol car and knocked Officer

Brandon Schippers to the ground as he pulled away.

Schippers escaped serious injury, and police arrested Zeiner about 8:25 this morning.

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