Nassau police needed to subdue a Michigan man with a Taser and pepper spray Sunday night in Elmont after he assaulted a woman and then turned violent with cops, police said.
Detectives said officers from the Fifth Squad responded about 9:30 p.m. to a home on Norfeld Boulevard for reports of a disturbance. Police officers learned that James Nelson, 59, of Pontiac, Michigan, had gotten into a verbal argument with a 59-year-old woman that escalated into a physical attack.
Police said Nelson struck the woman multiple times in the face and head with a closed fist and damaged her television during the altercation…