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The Hudson County Administration Building in Jersey City where Central Judicial Processing court is located

JERSEY CITY -- An Essex County man was set to appear in court in Jersey City today on charges of threatening to kill a police officer and resisting arrest, but court officials said he was too intoxicated to appear and will be brought back on Monday.

Salim F. Jackson, 29, of Orange, could be heard yelling and cursing in the holding cell outside Central Judicial Processing court in Jersey City today where he was to make his initial appearance.

Based on his condition and attitude, the judge decided to let him spend the weekend in the Hudson County jail in Kearny before he returns to the court Monday.

He is charged with telling an officer "I'm going to take your gun out of your holster and shoot you with it," according to the criminal complaint, which says the incident occurred Thursday, but it doesn't say the exact time.

He is also charged with resisting arrest for allegedly "refusing to allow (the officer) to handcuff him in order to place him under arrest in an aggressive manner," the complaint says.