A Middlesex County man has filed a federal lawsuit alleging he was dragged out of his car and beaten by three Perth Amboy police officers during a December 2023 traffic stop for tinted windows.
Justo Melendez is seeking more than $100,000 in damages for injuries he allegedly suffered at the hands of a city police sergeant and two patrol officers, according to a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court on March 27.
The injuries allegedly include head trauma, a torn rotator cuff, and damage to the man’s spine, the suit alleges…