Detective Sgt. Michael Giampietro stopped the Nissan Altima on Anderson Avenue at Dorincourt Road in Fort Lee on Sunday night for having tinted windows.
While speaking to the driver, 28-year-old Darling Read, he said, he "detected the odor of raw marijuana" coming from a garbage bag in the car.
Ordered out of vehicle, Read suddenly sprinted off, the sergeant said.
"Both Read and I sustained minor injuries" after he struggled briefly following a foot chase, Giampietro said.
Both were taken to Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck and were released soon after, he said.
Police seized the pot and had the car impounded.
A judge, meanwhile, ordered Read held in the Bergen County Jail pending a detention hearing on charges of aggravated assault on a police officer, resisting arrest and possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute the drug.
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