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Three Spencer police officers exposed to substance transported to hospital in hazmat situation

Three Spencer police officers exposed to substance transported to hospital in hazmat situation
JOSH BROGADIR JOINS US WITH AN UPDATE. JOSH: THE MAN WAS A HEALTH CARE EXECUTIVE FROM NEW JERSEY. POLICE SAY HE WAS DRIVING ERRATICALLY. NOW HE FACES DRUG CHARGES AFTER A HAZMAT SITUATION AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. SCOTT YERGER OF WESTWOOD, NEW JERSEY IN AN EAST BROOKFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS COURTROOM ARRESTED FOR DRUG POSSESSION. POLICE SAY THEY RECEIVED 911 CALLS AND THAT THE 48-YEAR-OLD CORAM/CVS HEALTH EXECUTIVE, A MARRIED FATHER OF TWO TEENAGERS, WAS DRIVING ERRATICALLY, AND WITH THE DOOR OPEN ON HIS RENTAL CAR. WHEN HE WAS PULLED OVER IN SPENCER LAST NIGHT, HE WASN’T MAKING SENSE. >> HE SAID THERE WAS A CONSPIRACY BY THE GOVERNMENT, HE MADE A LOT OF IRRATIONAL, INDIFFERENT STATEMENTS ABOUT THE VEHICLE THAT IN FACT WEREN’T TRUE. >> THAT HE WAS SICK, AND THAT SOME TYPE OF POWDER BLOWING FROM VENTS OF HIS VEHICLE AND MADE HIM SICK. JOSH: SOON AFTER, INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY FOUND A WHITE POWDERY SUBSTANCE ON HIM, LATER DETERMINED TO BE CRYSTAL METH. BUT WHEN TWO OFFICERS BEGAN FEELING DIZZY AND NAUSEOUS THEY ORDERED A HAZMAT 1 SITUATION AT THE SPENCER POLICE DEPARTMENT. THREE OFFICERS AND YERGER WERE ALL TAKEN TO HOSPITALS, TREATED AND RELEASED. THE AREA WAS CLEANED AND CLEARED. YERGER’S ATTORNEY SAID HE WORKS IN MASSACHUSETTS AND COMMUTES FROM NEW JERSEY. >> HE WAS HAVING CAR ISSUES. HE PULLED ON THE SIDE AND CALLED HIS -- WIF
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Three Spencer police officers exposed to substance transported to hospital in hazmat situation
A New Jersey man was arrested Thursday night after a police stop led to a hazmat situation that sent three Spencer police officers to the hospital.Spencer police said they pulled Scott Yerger, of Westwood, N.J., over for a traffic stop and found a bag of drugs in his car.Police said they received 911 calls that the 48-year-old Coram/CVS Health executive was driving erratically with the door open on his rental car. “He said there was a conspiracy by the government. He made a lot of irrational, indifferent statements about the vehicle that, in fact, weren't true,” Spencer Police Department Sgt. Randy Berg said. Investigators said they found a white, powdery substance on Yerger that was later determined to be crystal meth.When two officers began feeling dizzy and nauseous, they ordered a Level 1 hazmat situation at the Spencer Police Department.Three officers and Yerger were taken to hospitals, treated and released.Yerger's attorney said he works in Massachusetts and commutes from New Jersey.

A New Jersey man was arrested Thursday night after a police stop led to a hazmat situation that sent three Spencer police officers to the hospital.

Spencer police said they pulled Scott Yerger, of Westwood, N.J., over for a traffic stop and found a bag of drugs in his car.

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Police said they received 911 calls that the 48-year-old Coram/CVS Health executive was driving erratically with the door open on his rental car.

“He said there was a conspiracy by the government. He made a lot of irrational, indifferent statements about the vehicle that, in fact, weren't true,” Spencer Police Department Sgt. Randy Berg said.

Investigators said they found a white, powdery substance on Yerger that was later determined to be crystal meth.

When two officers began feeling dizzy and nauseous, they ordered a Level 1 hazmat situation at the Spencer Police Department.

Three officers and Yerger were taken to hospitals, treated and released.

Yerger's attorney said he works in Massachusetts and commutes from New Jersey.