BY THOMAS TAUCHERT
Two suspended Bloomfield police officers were
back in a Newark courtroom on Monday as a motion of discovery was made by the
defense regarding a police report on Marcus Jeter, the man both officers
arrested in June 2012.
"(The officers) are
accused of falsifying reports but we've never seen them," said Charles
Clark, attorney for Sean Courter.
Prosecutor Betty Rodriguez
indicated that something should be able to be worked out with the defense
counsel.
Courter and Orlando Trinidad
are accused of conspiracy, official misconduct, tampering with public records
and false swearing. The pair arrested Jeter on the Garden State Parkway. Two
dashboard camera videos later showed Jeter's driver side window being shattered
before he is pulled from the vehicle. Police maintain he was repeatedly ordered
out of the vehicle but refused and proceeded to lock all doors.
Trinidad's new attorney, Frank
Arleo, was also in court. Arleo replaces Patrick Toscano, who Judge Michael
Ravin dismissed from the case due to his representation, years ago, of a
witness set to testify in this case.
Courter and Trinidad are due
back before Judge Ravin on Friday, May 16.