Jersey City Bloods street gang member and a second felon fought with police after being caught following a car chase on Sunday, officials said.

Charles A. Randell, 21, of Lexington Avenue, identified by cops as a Bloods member, and Thomas Deberry, 24, of Van Nostrand Avenue, were arrested at 6:44 p.m. and charged with aggravated assault on police officers, eluding police, resisting arrest and weapons offenses, including possession of a handgun by a felon.


Randell's bail was set at $100,000 cash or bond and Deberry's at $150,000 cash only when they made their first court appearance yesterday.

Plainclothes officers working on a tip spotted the pair in a car at Oxford and Bergen avenues, an area known for drug dealing, gangs and violence, reports said. When they approached the car with guns and badges out, Deberry hit the gas, striking a police officer and a police car, reports said.

At one point, Deberry hit the brake, causing a police car to slam into the rear of his vehicle and a parked car, reports said, adding that Deberry bailed out on Seidler Street. Randell struck an officer before being handcuffed and Deberry struck several officers before being subdued, reports said.

Police said they found a silver handgun in Deberry's vehicle and two bags of suspected marijuana on him.

Randell's eye was swollen shut when the pair appeared in Central Judicial Processing court via video link from Hudson County jail in Kearny.