Crime & Safety
Man Bites Finger of Arlington Medic Who Tried to Help Him: Police
Jorge Luis Quintero-Amayo, 28, also faces five counts of assault on police and other charges.
ARLINGTON, VA — A man has been arrested after getting physical with police officers and then biting the finger of a medic who was evaluating him for injuries.
Police were called to the 4700 block of Lee Highway at around 9:52 p.m. on April 3 to a report of a "disorderly subject inside a restaurant," according to a report from the Arlington County Police Department.
The officers took 28-year-old Jorge Luis Quintero-Amayo of Temple Hills, Md., outside and as they were conducting their investigation, he became "combative and assaulted multiple officers," the report states.
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"Once in custody, the subject bit the finger of an Arlington County Fire Department Medic attempting to evaluate him for injuries," the report adds.
Quintero-Amaya faces five counts of assault and battery on law enforcement, and single counts of assault on medical personnel, resisting arrest, obstruction of justice, and failure to ID.
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He is currently being held without bond.
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