Man accused of hitting officer waives hearing

A 20-year-old man accused of hitting a Cape Girardeau police officer on Memorial Day and having forged documents waived his preliminary hearing Wednesday. Associate Circuit Judge Gary A. Kamp bound Carlos Quintas, of 2813 Whitener St., over to circuit court and scheduled him to appear before Judge Benjamin Lewis Monday morning.

Quintas is charged with two felony counts of forgery and misdemeanor assault of a law enforcement officer.

When police responded to Quintas' home May 29 for calls of a disturbance, the defendant charged and struck an officer on his side. Following the defendant's arrest, police said they found on him a forged Social Security Administration card and an Immigration and Naturalization permanent residency card in Quintas' name, but was actually registered to a woman.