A former Englewood man is still in jail after he was arrested in connection with a serious car crash, a domestic dispute in front of children and an attempt to leave the scene with his baby.

On Jan. 25, Englewood police responded to a serious car crash on West Englewood Avenue and Williams Street where they found a box truck overturned and the driver unconscious, said Capt. Tim Torell. Police pulled the 51-year-old man from the truck, which was leaking gas and was in danger of catching fire. The driver suffered a number of non-life threatening injuries and was taken to a local hospital, Torell said.

The second car at the scene was also badly damaged but was empty and the driver was suspected of fleeing on foot. When police looked up the license plate number, they found the car was registered to an address that matched a domestic dispute in progress, Torell said.

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When police arrived at the address for the domestic dispute, they saw Rameesh Dula, 34, "struggling" with a woman in front of two children, said Torell. Both Dula and the women were bleeding and when she saw the police, she began yelling that Dula had stolen her car and crashed it.

When ordered to stop by police, Dula grabbed one of his children and "used the child as a shield against the approaching officer," Torell said. Police said he continually reached towards his pocket after being ordered several times to not do that.

"Dula then dropped the child as other family members physically intervened but then grabbed the second, even younger child and charged at the lone officer," Torell said.

The officer stopped advancing on Dula, fearing for the child's safety. There was a short-lived standoff that occurred as Dula attempted to leave the scene with the child. When the officer tried to arrest Dula, they struggled and Dula let the child go, police said.

Torell said Dula began "assaulting" the officer and placing his hands in his pockets again. Dula was tased and arrested after he refused to be handcuffed when the second officer arrived on scene. Dula and the woman were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries and the children were not injured.

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Prior to the car accident, Dula is believed to have gotten into a domestic dispute with the woman who owned the car, Torell said. He is accused of hitting the woman and stealing her car before rear-ending the truck at a high speed, causing it to flip.

Dula is facing numerous motor vehicle charges including driving while intoxicated, driving with a revoked license and leaving the scene of an accident with serious injuries. His criminal charges include two counts of child endangerment, aggravated assault of a police officer, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, resisting arrest, aggravated assault with a motor vehicle, leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident with serious injury, causing serious injury while driving with a revoked driver's license and domestic violence assault.

Dula is housed at the Bergen County Jail.