Tacoma man claiming to have AIDS bites state trooper

Mar 21, 2012, 5:50 AM | Updated: 6:53 am

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A Tacoma man who claimed to have AIDS reportedly bit a state trooper who was trying to make him take a sobriety test.

KOMO TV reports it happened when the 23-year-old man was arrested for hit and run, and placed into the back of a patrol car.

The man became combative, and before he could be restrained, he allegedly bit the trooper. Immediately after he said he has AIDS.

A blood sample was taken from both men. Test results are still pending.

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