Police arrest South Philadelphia man for assault on police officer

This afternoon police announced the arrest of a 42-year-old man they say was responsible for the violent assault of a Philadelphia police officer yesterday. Perry Martin, of South Philadelphia, was arrested this afternoon at 28th and Morris Streets and faces charges of aggravated assault and related offenses for yesterday's incident in which police allege he picked up Lt. Douglas Stanford, flipped him over and body slammed him into the concrete causing broken ribs and a bruised lung after Stanford was attempting to arrest him after he allegedly committed a retail theft inside a Rite Aid Pharmacy at 15th Street and Moyamensing Avenue, cops said. Stanford is still recovering at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, police said.