Man charged with assault on police
A 32-year-old man will appear in out-of-session court in Launceston today (August 2) charged with multiple offences, including two separate charges of assaulting a police officer.
Tasmania Police allege the man punched and bit two officers as he resisted arrest during an incident at a residential property in Kings Meadows on Friday night.
The man is facing several charges including common assault, two counts of assaulting a police officer, resisting police and destroying property.
The two officers did not receive serious injuries.