Arraignment for paid agitator indicted for hitting cop set for next month

Paid agitator Leonard Filipowski, aka Leroy Truth, is scheduled to be arraigned on May 4 after on charges that he assaulted a Union City police officer.

It’s unclear when conditions of release Assistant Essex County Prosecutor Dawn Simonetti will seek for the third-degree charge.

The indictment by an Essex County grand jury was filed on Wednesday after a November 2025 incident where he assaulted Lt. Glen Gaston, who was “engaged in the performance of his duties.”…

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