A broken brake light on a red Dodge turned into a chaotic scene in Newburgh on Tuesday morning, ending with a police officer injured, a patrol car damaged, and a 28-year-old Bronx man facing a stack of criminal charges. Police say Omar Overstreet fled after clipping a marked police vehicle, then fought with officers both on the street and later inside the police station.
The incident began when a sergeant spotted the red Dodge with a broken driver's-side brake light on South William Street on Sept. 29, 2026, according to DailyVoice.com. When the sergeant tried to pull the car over, Overstreet allegedly made a U-turn instead of stopping, and the vehicle eventually came to a stop near 175 South William Street.
Before it stopped, though, the Dodge struck the side-view mirror of a marked police vehicle, and Overstreet drove off from that collision rather than pulling over, the outlet reports. Once the car finally stopped, Overstreet ran on foot after exiting, and he resisted as officers moved to take him into custody, per the same account.
Officer Hurt, Patrol Car Damaged in the Struggle
During the arrest, a police officer suffered a knee injury, according to the report. Overstreet did not stop resisting once he was in custody, the article notes, and he is accused of repeatedly kicking an interior door panel of a patrol vehicle hard enough to damage it.
The confrontation reportedly continued even after officers got him to the Newburgh Police Station, where Overstreet allegedly tried to bite and spit at officers. Those actions are cited among the reasons for the charges he now faces, per the same account.
Charges Filed and a Second Arrest
Overstreet was charged with second-degree assault, resisting arrest, second-degree obstructing governmental administration, third-degree criminal mischief and vehicle-and-traffic violations, the outlet reports. Under New York law, second-degree assault under Penal Law § 120.05 can apply when someone intends to cause serious physical injury and does so to another person, though the statute covers additional circumstances beyond that provision. The obstructing governmental administration charge falls under Penal Law § 195.05, the second-degree version of that offense.
Overstreet was not the only person in the car facing legal trouble that morning. A passenger, identified as 46-year-old Middletown resident Amy Wase, was found to have an active bench warrant issued by the Town of Poughkeepsie, according to the report. Police did not provide further information about that warrant, the outlet notes.
The full details of what led to the confrontation, including the officer's specific injuries and the extent of the damage to the patrol vehicle, have not been made public. The case adds to a string of traffic-stop-turned-arrest incidents that have drawn scrutiny in the Hudson Valley in recent years, though no additional information about Overstreet's case status was available at the time of this report.
