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Kenny B. Roberts, 40, of Hoboken, appears in court in Jersey City yesterday, April 13, 2017, on charges he urinated on a police officer.

JERSEY CITY -- A 40-year-old Hoboken man with a history of using urine as a weapon has been charged with urinating on a Hoboken police officer at police headquarters Wednesday.

Kenny B. Roberts, of the 300 block of Bloomfield Avenue, is charged with throwing bodily fluids at a police officer and hindering apprehension, the criminal complaint says. In October 2015 he was charged with a similar offense after he was picked up on a drug charge.

At about 10 p.m. on Wednesday an officer approached Roberts on Third Street and Roberts allegedly gave a fake name and date of birth. Later, police were provided with an identification card with Roberts' photo and name on it.

At 11 p.m., Roberts allegedly urinated on a police officer as he was being handcuffed, the complaint says.

Roberts made his first appearance on the charges yesterday in Criminal Justice Reform Court in Jersey City via video link from Hudson County jail in Kearny. At the hearing, the state moved to detain him pending trial and a detention hearing is set for Wednesday before Hudson County Superior Court Judge Paul DePascale.

Roberts has an extensive criminal history, with at least 10 convictions, mostly for drugs, going back to 1995, according to court records.