N. Wales Man Pleads Guilty to Assaulting UMPD officers
The North Wales man was reported to become "aggressive" when in custody of Upper Moreland Police.
According to the Times Herald, Mark Jeffrey Anstock, 38, of North Wales, admitted to assualting Upper Moreland's police officers, including its chief, and county probation officers. Anstock pleaded guilty on Friday in a Montgomery County court to the charges of aggravated assault of law enforcement officials during the incident, which occurred Sept. 6, 2011.
The report stated that Anstock became belligerent after refusing requests for a urine sample at the N. York Road probation office, when Upper Moreland police were dispatched to investigate. According to an Upper Moreland police officer, in the report, Anstock was swinging and kicking the entire time he was being led to an Upper Moreland holding cell.
According to the report, authorities alleged that Thomas Nestel, Upper Moreland Police chief, sustained a cut to his hand, while trying to help subdue Anstock.
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Ann Stock
4:16 am on Monday, June 11, 2012
he never assaulted anyone. He plead guilty to being involved in an altercation(resisting arrest). He only became hostile when po wormer stated she wouldnt wait 15 minutes for his prescription bottles. Mark then said some thngs and that he was leaving. When he stood up another po pushed anstock down into a chair with all his body weight causing anstocks already injured knee to be injured urther. The excruciating pain is what caused him to become aggitated. Anstock had at the time been wearing a knee imobilizer and required the aide of crutches to get around. Theres no way he couldve been kicking as they say. He received the imobilizer 2 days prior from the hospital where upon discharge they cautioned him not to put any weight on the knee nor attempt to bend it. Also his lawyer mislead him into pleading guilty by stating he had an in with the judge, thus for Anstock could sign the plea without reading it first. There are many other things that have been omitted from these articles. This is a prime case of how corrupt law enforcement can be and how no matter what they cover each others backs. Its sickening that a good man and loving father has been torn from his adoring son because of these officers exaggerated statements.