Police: Man charged with assault after biting officer

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MONTGOMERY, AL (WSFA) - A man has been charged with assault for biting an officer attempting to take him into custody following a crash in Montgomery, court documents indicate.

Broderick Sanders, 22, has been charged with assault (prevent a police officer), leaving the scene of an accident involving injury or death, and theft of property.

Capt. Regina Duckett with the Montgomery Police Department says the crash happened Friday around 8 p.m. in the 3600 block of Atlanta Highway. After the crash, Sanders, the driver of a 2004 Honda Accord, attempted to leave the scene on foot.

Court documents indicate that when officers tried to take Sanders into custody he bit an officer on the arm and became combative. This caused minor injuries to the officer.

Sanders and the driver of the second vehicle, a 2012 Jeep compass, were transported for treatment of injuries they sustained during the crash.

Duckett says investigators learned the Accord Sanders was driving was reported stolen from the 5400 block of Wares Ferry Road minutes before the crash happened.

Sanders was charged following his release from the hospital. He was taken to the Montgomery County Detention Facility under a $22,500 bond.