. >> russell pena. >> reporter: 38-year-old russell pena allegedly attacked 2 police officers after a drug bust by tossing hidden heroin at them. >> mr. pena removed bags of narcotics from his anal cavity the narcotics. >> i've never heard of a suspect throwing drugs on to an officer. >> reporter: the chief says his officers got into a scuffle with pena as he was processed after arrest. they had taken this mug shot of him. he says pena pulled a clear plastic baggy full of heroin broke it open and flung it at the officers. one was hit in the face. >> the officers gained control of him. rehandcuff and placed him in the cell. we dealt with the situation of the officers covered in the heroin. >> reporter: emt's brought the officers and pena to the hospital where they were treated and released. the drug bust came at 9:30 a.m. at a parking lot at falmouth scenic harbor. pulled over pena's black chevy impala to execute search warrants. the arrest went fine. >> to rip it apart and toss it at you. that was deliberate and dangerous. >> reporter: heroin can be dangerous these days because someti

russell pena now facing attempted murder charges. >> everything going on with the heroin epidemic, we do not know what is in the heroine -- sentinel, any other chemical -- sentinel -- fentanyl or any other chemicals. juli: when police executed a search word of his car, they found marijuana, cocaine, and more than $1400 in cash. p ena's rush to his arraignment. he hid behind a wallace the prosecutor read back -- behind a wall as the prosecutor read pages of his arrests dating back 20 years. >> we had two officers in iowa who lost their lives. there is no routine call. you have to always be aware and on your toes as to what could juli: just to give you an idea of how delicately the situation was treated -- after officers controlled pena, they had to disrobe in the booking area and every officer who came in to assist had to wear masks and gloves. juli mcdonald, wcvb newscenter 5 . >> but we're not talking about marijuana. ed: with a vote on legalizing marijuana in massachusetts looming doctors on both sides of the debate are weighing in. maria: army ring mystery. the new effort to find t

russell pena was arrested on drug charges this morning, and became combative when brought to the police station. the chief says he removed a bag believed to be heroin from his pants, tore it open an threw it -- and he threw it toward the officers' faces. tonight both officers are ok. pena was arraigned in falmouth district court and is being held on $25,000 cash bail. avoid 128 in needham this weekend. if you can. crews will be tearing down the rest of the old highland avenue bridge over the highway and there could be big delays. starting tonight at 8pm through 2pm tomorrow northbound drivers will get off at highland ave and be detoured back onto the highway. then from around 1 pm saturday until sunday afternoon, southbound drivers will have to face similar detours. highland ave itself will be completely closed over route 128. it's expected to be completed by monday : devices, meant to monitor the state's environmental police while on the job are no longer in patrol trucks. that's raising more concerns, after our 5 month investigation which found some officers at home, but on the clock.

. >>> 38-year-old russel pena of falmouth allegedly attacked two police officers after a drug bust by tossing hidden heroin at them will bag of narcotics from his anal cavity and assaulted two officers with the narcotics. >>> if my years of 38 years in service, i have never heard of a suspect throwing drugs on to an officer. >> reporter: the chief says one of his officers got into a scuffle with pena as he was being processed after arrest. they had taken this mugshot. he was not handcuffed. he said pena pulled a clear mass broke it open and flung it at the officers. one was hit in the face. >>> the officer gained control of him, rehandcuffed him and placed him in a cell. at that point we dealt with the situation of the officer's covered in the heroin. >> reporter: emt's brought officers and pena to falmouth hospital where they were treat and released. a hazardous materials team was called to falmouth pk to clean up. the drug bust came at 930 a.m. at a parking lot by falmouth scenic harbor. officers from departments pulled over opiniona's black chevy impala to execute search warrants.

. >>> 38-year-old russel pena allegedly attacked two police officers after a drug bust by tossing heroin at them. >>> the bag apparently opened and the narcotics were dispersed on officers as well as in the booking room. officers as he was being processed after the arrest. they had take then mugshot of him. investigators say pena pulled a bag of heroin from his pants, broke it open and flung it at the officers hitting one right in the face. a hazardous materials team had to come to falmouth pd to clean up before the incident at the station officers from falmouth, mashpee and the barnstable currently sheriff's department pulled over pena's rented black chevy impala to execute searchwa falmouth harbor. >>> the curse research of the vehicle revealed a white powdery substance in one bag as well as a small amount of marijuana. >> reporter: police say they also found almost $1,500 in cash in that vehicle. is a total of six charges including drug trafficking, but not attempted murder as the police had originally requested. a judge here in falmouth set bail at $5,000 cash. half of what the state

russell pena's arrest went normally, but things changed rapidly when he was taken to police headquarters for booking. police say when they began the booking process. pena pulled t hidden in his pants and threw it at the two arresting hitting them in their faces and clothing. it could have been much worse. >> they are doing well. >> i am thankful it was only two them i am thankful and pleased they are doing well. maria: the two police officers were treated and are doing well. pena is held on bail. next on wcvb newscenter 5. job, but still at home. 5 investigates why devices that once tracked patrols are no longer in use. meteorologist: it is turning chilly tonight. i will let you know if yore round of mild weather in the cards. maria: millions of washing machines in danger of blowing up. the unprecedented recall underway tonight. >> updating the breaking news at 11:00. police releasing this picture of a man they are looking for in a >> monday morning on the eye, what's really in your beauty products. >> the concerns that center a local business making changes. >> and plus your back to wor

. >>> 38-year-old russel pena allegedly attacked two police officers after a drug bust by tossing heroin at them. >>> the bag apparently opened and the narcotics were dispersed on officers as well as in the booking room.

officers arresting 38-year-old russell pena after after they arrested him, officers took him to the station and that's when they say he pulled out a baggie of heroin from his pants, broke it open, and threw it at the officers, hitting one of them in the face. those officers were treated and released. >> adam: boston police releasing the image of this man in connection with an attempted kidnapping. if you have information about who he is, contact them right the female victim was able to get away from him and wasn't hurt in the incident. >> kim: up next, talk about a good call. >> adam: a sox player reaches out to one little girl who is a hunting fan. >> most of the weekend should be dry, but a few sprinkles here and. there i'll show you where we can get some rain coming up. >> kim: and a big night for gwhen i come home and dinner's not ready i go through the roof. grab 'em by the p****". when you're a star, they let you do it. you can do anything. more accusers coming forward to say they were sexually assaulted by donald trump. i'll go backstage before a show... yes.. and everyone's getting

russell pena's arrest went normally, but things changed rapidly when he was taken to police headquarters for booking. police say when they began the booking process, pena pulled out pants and threw it at the two arresting officers, hitting them in their eyes. the chief says it could have been much worse. >> normally, if there's a struggle or something like that in the booking room, more officers would have gone in. we could have had more officers in the hospital. i'm thankful it was only two, and i'm very thankful and pleased they're doing well. antoinette: those two police officers were treated and they are doing well. pena is held on bail. doug: right now, an urgent the manufacture of nalaxone, a generic version of narcan, is recalling the spray kit. the tip of the syringe that goes up the nose to deliver the drug may not administer the right dosage. that's because it may come out in a stream instead of a mist, which can then lead to serious injury or even death. the kits are being replaced. they're on the job, but still at home. antoinette: all on the taxpayers' dime. what how many re

is charged with attempted murder after he allegedly threw drugs at two police officers while russell pena's arrest went normally at first. things changed rapidly when he was taken to police headquarters for booking. police say when they began the booking process, pena pulled out a bag of heroin that was hidden in his pants, and then he threw it at the two arresting officers, hitting them in their eyes. it could have been much worse. >> normally, if there's a struggle or something like that in the booking room, more officers would have gone in. we could have had more officers in the hospital. i'm very thankful and pleased they're doing well. antoinette: the two police officers were treated, and they are doing well. pena is being held on bail. doug: right now, an urgent recall related to an opioid overdose reversal drug. the manufacturer of nalaxone, a generic version of narcan, is voluntariily recalling the kit. they say it may not administer the right dosage because it may come out a mist which could lead to serious injury or death. 6:37 on saturday morning. they're on the job but still at

russell pena's arrest went normally but things changed when he was taken to police headquarters for booking. when they began the booking process, pena pulled out a bag of heroin hidden in his pants and he threw it at the two arresting officers, hitting them in their eyes. this could have been much worse. more officers would have gone in. we could have had more officers in the hospital. i'm thankful it was only two and thankful and pleased they're doing well. antoinette: the two police officers were treated and are doing well this morning. pena is held on bail. doug: right now, an urgent recall related to an opioid reversal drug. the manufacturer of nalaxone, a generic version of narcan, is voluntarily recalling the nasal spray kit. they say the tip of the syringe that goes up the noseay because it may come out in a stream instead of a mist which can lead to serious injury or death. the kits are being replated. well, they're on the job but still at home. antoinette: all on the taxpayers' dime. we'll tell you what 5 investigates found some environmental police officers doing during our underc

officers found several drugs and over 1,000 inside russell pena's car on clinton avenue. police say pena started fighting with the officers pulling a bag of heroin out of his pants, tearing that bag apart and throwing it at him. the two officers were brought to the hospital. they have since been released. >>> weeks after two employees were killed in this trench collapse, we are learning more of suspected criminal activity at atlantic train services. were there using drugs, even selling them on the property. >> elizabeth: fox25's jason law went to that roslindale business to get some answers. >> reporter: we are learning more of people that work at atlantic drain in roslindale. boston police were aware back in september of numerous employees who were chronic drug users and according to these documents, investigators witnessed two employees buying drugs in the past. just five weeks before kevin mad dongs were killed when their trench collapsed they busted a man driving a atlantic dump truck to buy cocaine. investigators have been keeping an eye on atlantic drain for some ti

russell pena, the subject of a heroin investigation. struggled with officers, ripped the b officer. his passenger was arrested on drug charges. pena arrested for multiple offenses including two counts of attempted murder. ultimately at his arraignment, the attempted murder charges were dropped. tom nolan, a 27 year boston police veteran and merrimack criminology professor says there's a good reason for that. >> there's no prosecutor to obtain a guilty conviction in a situation like this. >> reporter: nolan says filing attempted murder charges for throwing heroin at police is characterize them as frivolous and ridiculous and an abuse of authority. under mines the public confidence that people have or need to have and should have in the police. >> reporter: but falmouth police say pena is known to cut his heroin with fentanyl. they tell fox 25 in a statement heroin particularly combined with fentanyl are both dangerous substances and could have seriously harmed or killed the officers if they had overdosed as a result of this incident. video showing two detectives story of dangerous ex