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Around 1:39 PM on September 28, 2025, Patrolmen Fernando Saint-Hilaire, Christian Sisco, and Omar Hernandez with the Palisades Park Police Department responded to a report of a paranoid female in an altered state of mind inside a residence. They arrived on scene and first made contact with her parents. There was a language barrier, but their mother told them that their daughter had not been sleeping or taking her psychiatric medication. Patrolman Saint-Hilaire walked over to the bedroom and made contact with their daughter, who was eventually identified as Susan Chai.

Susan seemed paranoid and told the officer that someone was going to murder her. The officers decided that she would be taken to the hospital given her state of mind. When they informed her that she was going to the hospital, Susan kicked Patrolman Saint-Hilaire in the groin area. Susan was immediately restrained in handcuffs and escorted over to the patrol car.

Patrolman Saint-Hilaire transported her to the Palisades Park Police Department for further processing. She was charged with aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer (2C:12-1B(5)(A)) and first taken to the hospital for further evaluation. She was released from the hospital and booked into the Bergen County Jail the following day. After she was booked into the jail, she was granted pretrial release pending her court appearance.

Court records indicate that on January 6, 2026, Susan’s charge of aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer was downgraded to a disorderly person’s offense in the Superior Court. Judge James Sattely gave her a non-custodial sentence and sentenced Susan to 2 years of probation.

Susan has previously been arrested on charges of possession (2C:35-10A(1)) in Englewood, New Jersey on August 12, 2019. 
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