I have it one good authority that Verizon is a shitty firm to work for and has inept management. That someone might be driven to argue with their superiors is understandable.
He lost his job. Then jerkwater cops came to arrest him for unpaid child support. Something happened, and he ended up charged with, and pleading to “resisting arrest.” (Which can be something as simple as being rude to a cop.)
Sadly, a lot of Americans are credulous and don’t THINK that cops could ever make up or embellish charges. Especially in small rural NJ towns where the justice system doesn’t have anything better to do than to fuck with people’s lives.