Crime & Safety

Drunk Man Spits At Two Cops in Woodbridge: Police

He spit in the officers' faces Wednesday night after being detained for being drunk in public, according to Prince William County Police.

WOODBRIDGE, VA โ€” After being arrested and put in the back seat of police cruiser Wednesday night, a drunk man spit in the face of two officers in the 3200 block of Antrim Circle in Dumfries, according to Prince William County Police.

Steven Joseph Brown, 29, of the aforementioned address, was charged with two counts of assault and battery on a law enforcement officer and one count of public intoxication.

Shortly before 8 p.m., police responded to a report of a domestic dispute and upon arriving found Brown sitting on the front porch. He was determined to be drunk, and when officers tried to detain him he pulled away and tried to run away.

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He quickly was apprehended and taken to jail, where's he's being held without bond.


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