A Carbon County teen was placed in a detention center after he was charged with assaulting a police officer.

State police at Fern Ridge said troopers were dispatched to Lake Drive in Lake Harmony, Kidder Township, about 4:52 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 31, to assist township police with a domestic incident.On scene troopers were told a 15-year-old male and a female were engaged in a dispute during which the male threatened a township officer if he "touched his mother."During the arrest of the female, the male teen assaulted Trooper Charles Phelps. He was placed under arrest for aggravated assault.He was placed in a juvenile detention center pending a hearing before a county judge.