Fight erupts between officer and a man police saw beating a woman, authorities say

A man was booked Friday morning for allegedly assaulting an officer after a fight broke out when police tried to arrest him for beating a woman.

Police said the incident began about 9:50 a.m. on North Calaveras Street just south of East Belmont Avenue, where officers were sent to investigate a disturbance and saw a man beating a woman.

According to police Sgt. Glen Schafer, when officers intervened, the man tried to drive away in a pickup truck and officers moved to stop him. A struggle erupted in the truck before the man broke from the vehicle and ran. He was tackled by two officers, who struggled with him for several minutes in an effort to put him in handcuffs.

Officers used a Taser electronic device to subdue the suspect during the struggle.

“Stop resisting,” one officers shouted repeatedly.

The suspect was taken to a hospital to be checked out, Schafer said.

The woman who was the victim of the attack slipped away during the fracas, and officers were looking for her.

This story was originally published December 1, 2017 at 12:52 PM with the headline "Fight erupts between officer and a man police saw beating a woman, authorities say."