WPD: Off-duty officer injured while helping woman in domestic dispute
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — An off-duty Wilmington officer is recovering after being injured while helping a woman in a domestic dispute off of Oleander Drive around 8 p.m. Sunday.
Wilmington Police Department says the officer says he was in plain clothes with his family when he noticed a woman running across the 3500 block of Oleander Drive, the Independence Mall, into the Bank of America parking lot. She approached him and told him she had been assaulted by her boyfriend.
Police say the suspect, Emin Eminof, drove his vehicle into an adjacent parking lot behind the Chick-fil-A to continue the fight. The off-duty officer identified himself and showed his badge, and ordered the suspect to show his hands.
WPD says the suspect refused to comply and continued digging into the center console. The officer finally showed his weapon and got inside of the passenger side of the vehicle to try and keep Eminof from grabbing any potential weapons. Police say while the officer was partially inside the vehicle, Eminof drove off dragging the officer and then finally ejecting him from the car.
The officer received minor injuries.
Eminof, 21, was arrested a short time later at his home off Kilarny Road. Eminof is charged with felony speeding to elude, felony hit and run, felony assault with deadly weapon on an officer and careless and reckless.
He is in the New Hanover County jail under a $45,000 secured bond.
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