NORTH WILDWOOD – A South Jersey man charged with the attempted murder of a police officer in Pennsylvania was arrested days earlier in the town where that officer launched his law enforcement career.
Reynaldo Figueroa-Ardon, 20, of Vineland, was arrested Wednesday after pointing a stolen gun at the head of a Pennsylvania police officer and pulling the trigger, law enforcement officials said.
The gun didn’t fire and after a struggle Whitemarsh Township Officer Matthew Stadulis disarmed Figueroa-Ardon, police said. He was arrested and arraigned on attempted murder and multiple weapons offenses.
Two days earlier, Figueroa-Ardon was arrested in North Wildwood, where Stadulis had worked as a Class II officer before joining the Whitemarsh Township Police Department, according to police.