A cop in Monmouth's Ocean Township is recovering from a knee injury after chasing down an alleged warrant fugitive from Long Branch on busy Sunset Avenue.

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Shawndell L. Foster, 34, sparked the foot pursuit after being accosted just before 1 AM on January 26, according to information from township police.

Officer Kyle Kane determined that Foster was the subject of a $750 contempt-of-court warrant issued in Neptune Township. Foster struggled to avoid arrrest and took off, Kane racing behind, ending the pursuit behind a commercial building on Sunset, police said.

Kane needed treatment at Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune, police said.

Foster was charged with obstruction of the administration of law, resisting arrest and providing false information. He was moved to the Monmouth County Correctional Institute in Freehold, with bail set at $75,000.

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