A woman who was pulled over on a BC road for reports of impaired driving bit a police officer, RCMP said.
According to Mounties, it was told a woman was seen consuming a large quantity of liquor before getting in a 2008 Hyundai Accent and driving away in the Greater Victoria area.
Officers located a 24-year-old driver near Brock Avenue and Jacklin Road in Langford, and they told the suspect she was being investigated for impaired driving, “she became belligerent and ran away,” RCMP said.
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Amid a “brief” foot chase and physical struggle, the woman bit an officer’s arm, RCMP said in a statement.
“The West Shore RCMP officer received minor injuries in this incident and is expected to fully recover,” the statement added.
The woman was arrested for impaired driving, assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest.
After she was held in custody, she attended court on June 7 and was been charged with:
- Impaired Operation of a Motor Vehicle Sec. 320.14 (1)(a) Criminal Code;
- Refuse to Provide a Breath Sample Sec. 320.15(1) Criminal Code;
- Obstructing a Police Officer by Resisting Arrest Sec. 129(a) Criminal Code;
- Assaulting a Police Officer 270(1) Criminal Code.
The courts released the suspect, and she will appear again within the coming weeks.