A Lake Wales man is accused of biting a chunk of skin out of an firefighter who was helping a deputy restrain him, according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office.
According to an affidavit, on Tuesday night deputies responded to a crash in the area of Thornhill Road and Moonlite Pass. When a deputy asked Breonski Gardner, 26, for his license, Gardner threw the keys at him and told him to get it himself.
The deputy said Gardner continued to be uncooperative, so the deputy told him he was under arrest. Gardner fell to the ground, and an emergency medical technician stepped in to assist the deputy.
While the deputy and EMT struggled to put Gardner in handcuffs, the suspect bit the EMT on the forearm, the affidavit said.