Story Last modified at 10:06 a.m. on Thursday, February 11, 2010
Father arrested after he ordered kids to bite officers
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Police in Colorado arrested a 28-year-old man accused of passing out in a McDonald's play area and telling his two children to bite the officers who were trying to arrest him.
Colorado Springs police said officers had to use a Taser on Joshua Alger to subdue him Jan. 27 after he allegedly passed out drunk at the fast-food restaurant.
Police said Alger refused officers' orders and at one point told his children to "bite the officers' faces off."
Police said Alger has a previous arrest warrant for failing to appear in court on a charge of obstructing a police officer. He now faces charges of second-degree assault on a police officer, resisting arrest, and marijuana possession.
This article published in The Alaska Star on Thursday, February 11, 2010.