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Prosecutors: Detective Fires Shot During Car Chase

A police officer fired a shot during a car chase in northern New Jersey that ended with a New York man's arrest, authorities said.
 
Union County prosecutors said 32-year-old Kasaine Pertet of New Windsor was being held Saturday on $310,000 bail. He's faces two counts each of aggravated assault on a police officer and credit card theft, along with weapons offenses and single counts of eluding, criminal mischief, theft by deception and credit card fraud.
 
The pursuit started shortly after 5:15 p.m. Friday, when Clark police were notified that a man was trying to buy items a department store through the fraudulent use of a credit card. Arriving officers encountered Pertet trying to leave the area in his car, and a police detective soon fired one shot that hit the vehicle.
 
The subsequent pursuit ended a short time later in Elizabeth. No injuries were reported in the incident, though the detective who discharged his weapon was taken to a hospital for evaluation as a precautionary measure.
 
Pertet could face several decades in prison if convicted on all charges. It was not known Saturday if he had retained an attorney.
 
The shooting will be reviewed by the prosecutor's office, which is standard procedure in all police-involved shootings.

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