A New Bedford man with a historical past of aggression towards authority figures bit his method into 9 months in jail after clamping his jaw down on the hand of a police officer arresting him, breaking the pores and skin.
“(Expletive) you, I’m going to kill you,” prosecutors say Joseph Nascimento, 57, yelled at his sufferer earlier than biting down — exhausting. This was after getting tased twice to no obvious impact.
A New Bedford District Courtroom jury of six convicted Nascimento of resisting arrest and assault and battery on a police officer. Decide Cynthia Brackett sentenced Nascimento to 9 months within the county lockup. However that’s simply extending his keep, as Nascimento was already booked for a 12 months and a half for breaking probation related to an analogous case the place he assaulted courtroom officers on the identical courthouse.
“This defendant is a profession felony who has no respect for authority or the regulation,” Bristol County DA Thomas Quinn stated. “He was fully disrespectful to the police and completely uncontrolled. … This case highlights the problem police can encounter when attempting to restrain uncooperative and violent people.”
This encounter was on June 12, 2023, when native police have been referred to as for a home violence grievance towards Nascimento. They appeared up his title and noticed he was the topic of an lively arrest warrant. After they approached him on the road, he had some alternative and threatening phrases earlier than him earlier than fleeing, based on prosecutor Victoria Bendza.
An officer tackled him and extra officers got here to help. He withstood them in addition to being tased twice earlier than he bit the officer and wouldn’t let go till the officer punched him within the mouth together with his different hand.
“That very same officer then rendered help to the defendant, at which level the defendant kicked him within the head,” based on a DA assertion.
