alexis hewitt/eyewitness"the next thing we know we hear all this commotion and yelling. i woke up and realized there were officers and everybody running around so i immediately grabbed my phone, it was when i started recording."emily weinman says officers approached her asking about underage drinking she wrote a lengthy facebook post about her side of the story. she admitted having an unopened bottle of alcohol.the situation apparently devolved. weinman says she refused to identify herself.tensions now up, police, through a news release, say weinman spit on an officer and kicked another in the groin.julia cortez and hewitt had been napping when all of the sudden....julia cortez/eyewitness "we saw her

alexis hewitt/eyewitness"the next thing we know we hear all this commotion and yelling. and realized there were officers and everybody running around so i immediately grabbed my phone, it was when i started recording."emily weinman says officers approached her asking about underage drinking she wrote a lengthy facebook post about her side of the story. she admitted having an unopened bottle of alcohol.the situation apparently devolved. weinman says she refused to identify herself.tensions now up, police, through a news release, say weinman spit on an officer and kicked another in the groin.julia cortez and hewitt had been napping when all of the sudden....julia cortez/eyewitness "we saw her getting hit kinda like, we just saw it all happen firsthand, and people around us were running around and then we saw the other cop come in and try to push us all back."the city confirms the two officers have been placed on administrative duty while they investigate.but it's emily weinman who's in serious trouble facing three charges of aggravated assault of an officer.in a phone inte

alexis hewitt recording the shocking incident. >> someone was yelling, i woke up, and i got my camera when she went down. >> reporte

. >> reporter: the video was shot by 19-year-old alexis hewitt of williamstown, new jersey, who says was sleeping on the beach saturday afternoon with friends when she was startled awake by the commotion. >> when she fell that's basically when it caught my eye because everyone was yelling and i woke up and then i got my camera out right when she went down. >> reporter: wildwood police have released a statement identifying the young woman in the video as 20-year-old emily weinman of philadelphia. weinman was charged with two counts of aggravated assault on a police officer, aggravated assault by spitting at a police officer, disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and possessing alcohol as a minor. part of the statement read, chief regalbuto states that while he finds this video to be alarming, he does not want to rush to any judgment until having the final results of the investigation. weinman posted a public account of what she says happened on facebook saying she was breathalyzed on the beach which came back negative. quote, i asked them don't they have something better to do as cops

alexis hewitt recording the shocking incident. >> someone was yelling, i woke up, and i got my camera out right when she went down. >> reporter: they initially questioned the woman about underage drinking. she says she passed a breathalyzer. but the situation escalated when she refused to give the police her name. they hire extra officers for summer. >> they may not have the experience that the rest of our officers do. >> reporter: his department planning to release body cam video in the coming days. those officers are now on administrative duty as the department investigates. we reached out to weinman. so far she has not responded back but she is facing charges including assaulting an officer. >> the video's harder to watch becae she had her 18 month old daughter with her. it started when she was carrying an unopened beer. she says after she passed the breathalyzer, she said don't you have something better to do to the cop, that obviously didn't help things, the cop said he was going to write her up. she refused to give her name. she tripped and fell, and that's when the cop tackled

>> reporter: alexis hewitt recording the shocking incident. >> everyone was yelling, and i woke up. and then, i got my camera out right when she went down. >> reporter: police say they initially questioned 20-year-old emily weinman about underage drinking. in a facebook post, since deleted, weinman says she passed a breathalyzer, but the situation escalated when she refused to give officers her name. tonight, the wildwood police chief saying they hire extra officers for summer. >> they may not have some of the experience that the rest of our guys do, but we do our best to train them properly. >> reporter: his department planning to release body cam video in the coming days. tom, those officers are now on administrative duty as the department investigates. we reached out to weinman for comment. so far, we have not heard back, but she is facing several charges, including assaulting an officer. tom? >> erielle reshef for us tonight. erielle, thank you. >>> overseas, and the incredible rescue of a child dangling several stories high, caught on camera. the video going viral. the hero, an

alexis hewitt/eyewitness"the next thing we know we hear all this commotion and yelling.ound so i immediately grabbed my phone, it was when i started recording."emily weinman says officers approached her asking about underage drinking she wrote a lengthy facebook post about her side of the story. she admitted having an unopened bottle of alcohol.the situation apparently devolved. weinman says she refused to identify herself.tensions now up, police, through a news release, say weinman spit on an officer and kicked another in the groin.julia cortez and hewitt had been napping when all of the sudden....julia cortez/eyewitness "we saw her getting hit kinda like, we just saw it all happen firsthand, and people around us were running around and then we saw the other cop come in and try to push us all back."the city confirms the two officers have been placed on administrative duty while they investigate.but it's emily weinman who's in serious trouble facing three charges of aggravated assault of an officer.in a phone interview, the mayor said weinman was drunk.nat sound of q-and

. >> reporter: it happened in wildwood, new jersey, shocking beachgoers like alexis hewitt. >> when sheye. everyone was yelling and i woke up and got my camera out right when she went down. >> reporter: the video she posted now with more than 2 million views on twitter. and the woman at the center of it identified by police as 20-year-old emily weinman from philadelphia charged with disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and a minor in possession of alcohol, in addition to two counts of assault on a police officer by spitting. in part of a now deleted facebook post she wrote i asked them don't they have something better to do. the cop said, i was gonna let you go but now i'll write you up. in a statement the wildwood police chief says while he finds this video to be alarming, he does not want to rush to any judgment. so it is important to note it is actually against the law to drink on the beach in wildwood even if you are of age and if you know the jersey shore and know anything about wildwood you know that it's historically been wild and they've done a lot to clean up the image. >> it s