A Newark woman accused of shoplifting racked up additional charges yesterday when she assaulted a Secaucus police officer and spit in the face of another as she was being put in a holding cell, authorities said. 

Makeedah S. Hayes, 25, is charged with shoplifting, escape, aggravated assault on a police officer, throwing bodily fluids at a law enforcement officer, resisting arrest and obstructing a government function, the criminal complaint says.  

When police were putting Hayes in a cell she allegedly ran at the cell door to prevent officers from closing and locking it. She then charged at a police officer and grabbing onto his uniform, and spit in an officer's face, the complaint states.

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