OFF-DUTY PHILLY COP HELD IN ASSAULT ON A.C. COP IN CASINO

1 OFF-DUTY PHILLY COP HELD IN ASSAULT ON A.C. COP

An off-duty Philadelphia police officer was one of five men arrested along with boxer Gabriel Rosado Saturday morning at Bally's Wild West Casino, in Atlantic City, for assaulting a police officer, according to police.

The officer who was allegedly assaulted was trying to move Rosado and five other men with him, including the off-duty Philly cop, out of the casino about 3:15 a.m. because they were being disorderly, police said.

The men made threatening statements to the cop and Rosado punched him in the face, police said.

Rosado, who had won a fight at Bally's earlier that night, and his five companions were charged with aggravated assault on police and related offenses.

The off-duty Philly cop who was arrested was identified in reports as Officer Eliezer Morelas.

A Philadelphia Police spokeswoman did confirm that a city cop was arrested in Atlantic City early Saturday and that Internal Affairs is investigating the incident, but she declined to identify the officer.

2MAN HURT IN S. PHILLY HIT-AND-RUN

A hit-and-run in South Philadelphia early Saturday left a 31-year-old man in critical condition, according to police.

The hit-and-run driver was allegedly in an argument with another man on Marshall Street near Porter when he got in his white Jeep Grand Cherokee with New Jersey tags and tried to hit the man he was fighting with his car, police said. However, instead of hitting his intended target, the driver hit the bystander and fled the scene, according to police. The victim was taken to Temple University Hospital, where he remained yesterday in critical condition.

- Stephanie Farr