Three Nome residents were arrested after multiple Alaska law enforcement agencies executed search warrants for two drug busts in Nome, according to an Alaska State Trooper online dispatch.

Nome Western Alcohol and Narcotics Team (WAANT), Anchorage WAANT, Kotzebue WAANT, the Drug Enforcement Agency, AST and the Nome Police K9 unit worked together to complete two “buy/bust operations including five separate search warrants of residences” on Tuesday, according to the dispatch.

Christian Johnson, 22; Aleksei Wilson, 28; and Darrell Stevens, 27, were each arrested in connection with the investigation into the sale and possession of drugs within the city of Nome. According to the dispatch, heroin, ethylone, prescription medications and marijuana were involved in the arrests.

Stevens faces multiple felony charges, including five counts of second-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance and six counts of fourth-degree possession of controlled substances, all felony charges. Johnson was charged with one count of second-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance, four counts of fourth-degree possession of controlled substances. Wilson faces one count each of second-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance, fourth-degree possession of controlled substances and fourth-degree delivery of controlled substances.

All three were taken to the Anvil Mountain Correctional Center in Nome.

This is a developing story, please check back for updates.

Amber Batts — a woman accused of managing sex workers across the state — will likely spend the next few years in prison. The Anchorage woman pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of second-degree sex trafficking Friday morning.

Authorities arrested Batts and her husband, Quinn, in July 2014 as part of a statewide prostitution investigation. Batts admitted to sending sex workers to Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, Kenai and the Mat-Su Valley.

She could have received at least 30 years in prison if jurors convicted her of the charges. Judge Philip Volland could send her away for at least four years on the reduced charge when she is scheduled to be sentenced July 24.

The legal troubles do not end there for Batts. Her arrest came while out on probation after she stabbed a man in the neck with a broken beer bottle in 2007. She will also be sentenced for the probation violation in July.

Quinn Batts also pleaded guilty to a reduced sex trafficking charge Friday. Judge Volland gave him a suspended four-year sentence, plus five years probation.

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Ronald Rathbun Sr has helped counsel inmates. The pastor will continue to do that, but as one of them.

Rathbun will spend 10 years in prison, a sentence handed down to the 58-year-old Friday. He pleaded guilty to child pornography charges in December.

Alaska State Troopers arrested Rathbun at his home in November 2013. They found thousands of pictures of pornography involving young children on his computer.

Judge Michael Spaan did not mince words as he talked about the victims when sentencing Rathbun.

“They were exploited because there is a market for it,” Spaan said. “You are that market. You take that market and distribute it further.”

“I apologize to the victims, even though I can never reach out to them to apologize,” Rathbun said before the court. “I apologize to my loved ones, my family.”

Rathbun must also serve 10 years probation, and register as a sex offender for 15 years after he’s released.

Editor’s note: an earlier version of this story incorrectly named Ronald Rathbun Jr as the defendant. This has been corrected.

Police say a man was struck in the leg by gunfire in a shooting in West Anchorage Saturday afternoon.

At around 1 p.m., witnesses say there was a disturbance between two groups of people in a parking lot near the 1300 block of West Northern Lights Boulevard, according to a release from the Anchorage Police Department.

Several shots were fired, witnesses say. One man, who was shot in the leg, was taken to a local hospital by his friends, police say.

“The group of people responsible for the shooting fled the scene in a vehicle,” APD says. “No vehicle or suspect description is available at this time.”

As of 2 p.m., officers were still at the scene of the shooting collecting evidence and questioning witnesses.

Anyone with information, including the identity of the responsible for the shooting, is encouraged to call APD at 786-8900 or, to remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at 561-STOP.

An 18-year-old female was struck in the shoulder by a bullet after shots were fired outside of an East Anchorage house party early Sunday morning. The shooting occurred at about 2:15 a.m., police say.

A large, private party was being held at a residence located at the 4500 block of Ninth Avenue, near Lane Street, witnesses told the Anchorage Police Department. A release from APD says a group of males arrived to the party but weren’t allowed in “because they were not known to the host and appeared to be underage.”

“The group of males remained outside near the party for a short time,” APD says. “And then at least one of them produced a handgun and began firing multiple shots.”

The 18-year-old was struck when several of the partygoers ran outside, police say. She was transported by friends to a local hospital and police say her wounds do not appear to be life-threatening. Police were able to question several people, but no arrests were made and detailed suspect information is not available at this time.

At least four vehicles and a home were damaged by gunfire, but no other injuries were reported, APD says.

Anyone with information on this shooting is encouraged to call APD at 786-8900 or, to remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at 561-STOP.

This story will be updated.

Mohammed Abdallai, who moved to Alaska almost five years ago as a refugee, says he is concerned for his safety after the cars outside of his home were vandalized.

Mohammed Abdallai, who moved to Alaska almost five years ago as a refugee, says he is concerned for his safety after the vehicles outside of his home were vandalized.

Words like “Get out,” “Go home” and “Leave Alaska,” among others, had been written on his green SUV and another vehicle outside of his residence in Spenard. The tires on both cars had also been slashed. Abdallai, and the four other Sudanese refugees who live in the two apartments on the block, found the damage Sunday morning.

“What I feel is I’m not allowed to live over here,” Abdallai says. ”There’s a message and threat against me that’s saying, ‘You’re not allowed to live over here, move out of here.’”

Abdallai says since he came to Alaska from Sudan, Africa in 2010, he’s never experienced anything like this. Since then, he’s become a resident and works at Providence Alaska Medical center. But now, he says, he doesn’t feel welcome in his Anchorage home. Fellow refugee Mahajoub Ait echoes those concerns.

“We know that America is a great country and a peaceful place to be,” said Ait, adding that that’s why they left their home country. “The thing we need is at least, we feel safe or to feel the community cares about us.”

When he found the vandalism, Abdallai says he called the Anchorage Police Department to ask if someone would come over to investigate. But his request was denied, he says.

“They refused to come over to investigate the situation,” he said of APD. “I don’t know why they are not coming out.”

APD Dispatch says it doesn’t immediately respond to vandalism calls if there’s no suspect information available. Dispatch also says Abdallai’s case doesn’t qualify as a hate crime because the messages contain no added element of bias that fits the definition. A hate crime is defined as a criminal offense specifically “motivated in whole or in part by an offender’s bias against a race, religion, disability, ethnic origin or sexual orientation.”

Abdallai and Ait, however, feel the messages on their cars are very targeted.

“It’s a threat to me,” Abdallai says. “There’s a message threatening me that I have to move.”

Calls and emails to spokespersons from Anchorage Police Department were not immediately returned.

KTVA 11′s Jacquie Slater contributed reporting to this story.

A 20-year-old man has been charged in the death of his brother after allegedly clubbing him in the head earlier this month.

“An autopsy indicated he had cracks to his skull,” the Associated Press reports. “And the left side of his brain had collapsed.”

On March 12, Alaska State Troopers were notified that a man was found unconscious inside a Venetie residence. There, they discovered 36-year-old Earl Erick, Jr. The victim was transported to an Anchorage hospital for treatment. Earl Erick was pronounced dead on March 14, according to an AST dispatch. Next-of-kin has been notified, troopers say.

On Thursday, Fairbanks Court issued a warrant for the arrest of Chance Erick for second-degree murder. Chance Erick and Earl Erick are brothers, the Associated Press reports.

Chance Erick was arrested on Saturday afternoon in Venetie and was taken to the Fairbanks Correctional Center. According to online court records, he was arraigned on Sunday afternoon.

Venetie is a community of about 160 people, as of the 2010 Census, located about 155 miles from Fairbanks.

Anchorage police say a woman was knocked unconscious and stabbed Sunday afternoon on the Chester Creek bike trail in East Anchorage.

At around 12:20 p.m., the Anchorage Police Department responded to the report. The victim told police she had just crossed the pedestrian bridge over Northern Lights Boulevard and was headed south toward Goose Lake. She was ”walking and texting” along the bike trail when an unknown person approached her from behind and knocked her unconscious, a statement from APD says.

“When she regained consciousness, she felt someone rummaging through her pockets,” police say, adding that she also realized she’d been stabbed in the lower back.

Her attacker then fled the scene on foot. Nothing was taken, the victim says.

Medics transported the woman to a local hospital for treatment of her injuries, which do not appear to be life-threatening.

There is no suspect information available at this time, police say.

Anyone with information on this incident is encouraged to call APD at 786-8900.

Photo courtesy Fairbanks Police Department

A Delta Junction man was arrested Monday after crashing his vehicle along Phillips Field Road, then swiping a forklift to try and free his vehicle. His breath alcohol level was .230 — nearly three times the legal limit, according to a release from the Fairbanks Police Department.

Police have identified the subject as Aleksandr Glushko. The 21-year-old man is accused of driving his vehicle under the influence and running off the roadway. Police say Glushko then collided with property and high-centered his truck.

“The subject then walked to a nearby location and took a forklift without permission,” Fairbanks police say, adding that he then attempted to use the forklift to move his own vehicle from its stuck position.

Fairbanks police arrested Glushko on a felony DUI charge, vehicle theft and other misdemeanor charges, the release says. Glushko had two prior convictions for DUI, police say.

A North Pole man has been charged with murder after troopers say he shot and killed his ex-girlfriend, then covered her body with a tarp.

Monday, at about 7:30 p.m., Alaska State Troopers in Fairbanks received a call that a woman was found dead in a driveway off of Larissa Drive in North Pole. A man, identified as 33-year-old Russell Burris, was also found unconscious near her body under a tree, according to an online AST dispatch posted Tuesday.

Investigation by troopers revealed that Burris shot his ex-girlfriend — 21-year-old Mandy Clemmons — then covered her body. Burris then attempted to overdose on drugs, AST says.

When EMS arrived, they declared Clemmons “deceased due to an apparent gunshot wound,” troopers say.

Burris was taken to Fairbanks Memorial Hospital. When he was discharged hours later, troopers arrested Burris and charged him with first-degree murder. He was taken to Fairbanks Correctional Center. Troopers say Burris is also on federal probation for bank fraud, adding that his conditions of release included that he not possess firearms or drugs.

Clemmons’ remains are being sent to the State Medical Examiner’s office in Anchorage for an autopsy. Next-of-kin has been notified, AST says.

Troopers say the investigation is ongoing.

Please check back for updates on this story.

The leader of a mail theft ring pleaded guilty to multiple counts of fraud, identity theft and drug dealing just days before his trial was set to begin.

“We were looking at one point at 50 to 60 witnesses,” said Erin Bennett, a special assistant U.S. attorney who was preparing for Jonathon Escalante’s case.

Bennett and other prosecutors received a call Friday from Escalante’s lawyer announcing the guilty plea, which was made formal in front of Chief U.S. District Court Judge Ralph Beistline Tuesday.

Prosecutors say 45-year-old Escalante was the leader of a group that stole mail from hundreds of boxes across the Anchorage bowl and in the Mat-Su Valley. According to the plea agreement, Ecalante and his co-conspirators stole over $40,000 in cash and goods during the scheme.

“By recruiting methamphetamine addicts, giving them meth for them to go steal mail and bring it back to him,” said Assistant U.S. Attorney Aunnie Steward.

Prosecutors say Escalante was looking for checks and credit cards, and then would destroy the mail he didn’t need.

“And then get other meth addicts, by giving them meth as well, to go to banks and try to negotiate and cash the checks or use the stolen credit cards at retailers,” Steward said. “My advice in this case for people is, if you can, have a locking mailbox and request that your credit card company not send you convenience checks to your address.”

Escalante is awaiting sentencing with a minimum of five years in jail mandatory.

Bennett, who is a Municipality of Anchorage prosecutor, says there was important collaboration between local law enforcement and federal investigators to solve this case.

“It was great to be able to work on this case and coming at it from being at the municipality prosecuting cases, my knowledge of [Anchorage Police Department] procedures and how their investigations work,” said Bennett, who is part of a rotation program that places municipal prosecutors in the U.S. attorney’s office.

Photo courtesy APD

Anchorage police are asking the public for help locating a woman wanted on a felony warrant who is also a person of interest in recent theft cases.

Chelsea Weeks, 25, has an arrest warrant for violating probation after she was convicted of fraudulent use of an access device, meaning she likely stole someone’s credit card, said Anchorage Police Department spokeswoman Anita Shell.

Weeks is also a person of interest in recent theft cases at local athletic clubs and retail shops.

Police ask anyone with information on her whereabouts to contact APD at 786-8900. People can also submit tips anonymously via Crime Stoppers by calling 561-STOP or going online.

Anchorage police say an off-duty officer’s arm was broken when he tried to arrest a man who was yelling profanities at diners in a West Anchorage restaurant Wednesday night.

Just after 6 p.m., a man in his late 20s reportedly entered the Rustic Goat restaurant on Turnagain Street and began verbally assaulting diners, according to a prepared statement from Anchorage Police Department spokeswoman Jennifer Castro. Someone familiar with the man unsuccessfully attempted to get him to leave, but the man instead began screaming profanities at a woman dining with another man.

An off-duty officer dining at the restaurant identified himself to the suspect and escorted him out of the building. Once outside, the man allegedly began assaulting the officer and broke the officer’s arm in the process, Castro wrote. The officer was able to eventually arrest the man with the help of another individual on scene.

Other officers arrived on scene to take custody of the suspect, who was taken to a nearby hospital. Castro says it is believed the suspect was under the influence of drugs at the time of the incident. Charges against him are pending.

The off-duty officer was also taken to a nearby hospital for treatment of his arm.

An Anchorage police K-9 helped apprehend a 23-year-old man who is accused of invading three apartments and stabbing a man in a crime spree Thursday morning.

Police charged 23-year-old Shane Mike with first-degree assault, third-degree assault, third-degree theft and three counts of first-degree burglary. Already on felony probation for burglary, he was remanded to the Anchorage Correctional Complex.

Early Thursday morning, the Anchorage Police Department received three separate calls from people who said that a man had broken into or unlawfully entered their homes. In one case, the intruder stabbed a man, according to a statement from APD. The suspect targeted apartment complexes on the corner of DeBarr Road and Norman Street.

The first call, around 3:20 a.m., was from a man who said “an intoxicated male had entered his apartment” and “threatened him with a letter opener,” police said. The intruder then allegedly made the victim light a cigarette for him and sat down while the victim locked himself in a bedroom and phoned police. While the victim was on the phone with dispatch, the intruder left the apartment.

The second call to police, about 20 minutes later, came from a woman in another apartment nearby. She said that a man she did not know, who she also described as intoxicated, broke into her apartment and shouted at two residents who the intruder said had stolen money from him, police said. The intruder then got into a fight with a 25-year-old man in the apartment, stabbing him in the back.

The stabbing victim, whose lung was punctured, was taken to a local hospital for treatment.

Matthew Fardiq, a friend of the stabbing victim, lives with his 6-month-old son Ryder and fiancee in the apartment across the hall.

“They woke up and there was somebody in their house,” Fardig said. “He had gotten a bunch of their personal possessions while they were sleeping.” 

The stabbing victim, whose lung was punctured, was taken to a local hospital for treatment.

Stephen Lupien says the suspect tried to get into his home too.

“My room is pretty close to the door so I could hear it slam,” said Lupien, who had forgotten to lock the front door.

Lupien says his dog Tanner was ready for the intruder and sounded the alert.

“He (the suspect) probably opened the door and took a a step in and realized there was a pit bull,” said Lupien.” “Thank god he scared whoever it was who was trying to enter the house.”

More than a dozen officers and a K-9 responded and combed the area for the suspect.

A few minutes before 4 a.m., a third caller reported that an unknown man had entered his apartment in the same area.

“The homeowners thought the intruder had used their bathroom and then left,” the APD statement said.

Not long after the third call, police and K-9 Aerie spotted Mike about 100 yards away from the apartment where he allegedly stabbed the 25-year-old man.

“He was giving them a hard time they definitely had a fight on their hand, he was screaming and cussing and hollering at them,” said witness Kyli Oskolkoff. ”We jumped up out of bed looked out the window and the cops were all out here and had the gentleman pinned behind this tree down here.”

Oskolkoff said the suspect had been tased.

Aerie was “deployed when the suspect refused to comply with police,” the statement says.

–This is a developing story. 

New details have emerged in the case against a man accused of shooting and killing the mother of his child Monday at a North Pole home.

Alaska State Troopers were initially called to the scene after Fairbanks police were notified by a neighbor that a woman, 21-year-old Mandy Clemmons, was dead in a driveway on Larissa Drive. Once on scene, troopers were alerted to the presence of 33-year-old Russell Burris nearby who “was turning blue and not looking good,” according to court documents.

Burris’ mother, Linda Dickerson, was also on scene, according to court documents. She was found lying on top of her son as he lay unconscious. Burris was transported to Fairbanks Memorial Hospital for treatment of what appeared to be an attempted overdose of acetaminophen pills. He was also covered in what troopers identified as Tiki oil, based on an open bottle found near him. His clothes and shoes were seized at the hospital by troopers and found to be soaked in liquid fuel.

Clemmons was found at the end of the driveway under a tarp with what appeared to be a gunshot wound to the head, according to court documents. Her body was autopsied by the State Medical Examiner’s Office, who confirmed the cause of death to be a gunshot wound to the head.

Burris was on federal probation for bank fraud, and was not allowed to have “firearms, ammunition, destructive device, or other weapon,” according to court documents. A .40-caliber pistol was found nearby, as well as two used shell casings — one near the gun and another 3 feet from Clemmons’ body.

Other stipulations of his release included drug testing. Director of Alaska Monitoring and Drug Testing Vince Holton arrived on scene and spoke with investigators, revealing that Burris had recently taken a drug test that came back positive for methamphetamine in his system. Holton had called Dickerson earlier that day and asked her to bring Burris to his office. When neither of them showed up, he headed to the home.

Troopers interviewed Dickerson, who initially denied owning any firearms, according to court documents. She later admitted to receiving a single silver colored pistol from her ex-boyfriend, but that she kept it in a motorhome adjacent to the home once Burris moved in with her. Troopers found several rifles in the motorhome, but no pistol. Court documents clarified the pistol allegedly used in the homicide was silver in color on the slide, although the handle was black.

The neighbor who initially called police, Shawna Laderach, told investigators that she heard a single gunshot around 3 p.m. but did not know where it happened. Dickerson called her and asked her to come over and watch Clemmons and Burris’ 7-month-old child. When she arrived, Dickerson reportedly told her she was going outside to look for Burris, and returned a few minutes later telling Laderach to call 911 because Clemmons was dead.

Burris was arrested and taken to the Fairbanks Correctional Center under a single charge of first-degree murder following his release from the hospital.

One officer was bitten on the cheek while trying to arrest a man caught smoking on an Alaska Airlines flight Thursday. A second officer was also injured during the struggle, according to a statement from police.

The Juneau Police Department was contacted by Alaska Airlines personnel at 1:40 p.m. after crew members aboard Flight 64 from Anchorage discovered a man in an onboard bathroom smoking a cigarette. The plane was on the tarmac, and the passenger was asked to leave the plane.

When officers arrived, they found the man on the tarmac, according to a release from police. He refused to identify himself and ran across the tarmac, leading the two officers in a chase. The man fought back as two Juneau police officers attempted to take him into custody. The officers were able to subdue him after threatening to use a Taser, which officials said was not used.

The suspect was identified as 55-year-old David Cimino, of Idaho. He was treated for “several minor abrasions to his head” as a result of the fight, according to the statement from police. One of the arresting officers “received an injury to his right hand,” the statement continued, while the second officer was treated for an injured left wrist and a bite on her cheek. All three were transported to Bartlett Regional Hospital for treatment of their injuries.

Following his release from the hospital, Cimino was charged with two counts of assaulting a peace officer, two counts of criminal mischief, and one count of resisting arrest, according to a statement from JPD. He was taken to the Lemon Creak Correctional Center and held on a $2,000 bail.

Alaska Airlines officials said the flight was only delayed roughly 13 minutes, and that the incident did not otherwise disrupt the flight or passengers.

It took a week and a half to pick a jury for the case against an Anchorage man that was covered by media groups across the state. Those 16 jurors were told by Judge Philip Volland to resist the urge to prejudge.

The defendant in the case, 26-year-old Jerry Active, entered the courtroom Thursday morning wearing a suit, handcuffs and a straight face. Active is facing 12 charges related to the May 2013 deaths of Touch Chea and Sorn Sreap, as well as the sexual assault of the couple’s granddaughter and another unnamed elderly woman living with them. The charges include two counts of first-degree murder, two  counts of second-degree murder and five counts of sexual assault.

“The purpose of opening statements is for me and the state to give you a preview of the facts that we think are going to come out in the course of this trial,” said Adam Alexander, the state’s prosecutor in the case.

Over the next four to six weeks, the jury will hear from numerous witnesses and examine pieces of evidence the defense and prosecution say paint two very different pictures of the crimes and the man accused of perpetrating them.

“It’s not about how many charges there is, how serious they are,” explained Active’s defense attorney Chong Yim to the jury. “The question is, is there evidence? And the evidence is that Mr. Active is not guilty of any of these crimes.”

Prosecutors say the victims’ family members caught Active in the apartment at the time of the alleged attacks. They say Active was wearing nothing but a pair of bloody socks, alleged proof of Active’s part in the crimes.

Yim says his client is innocent and told jurors evidence presented to them over the next several weeks will prove that.

“This case is not about Mr. Active being caught in that apartment,” Yim told the jury. “The question is was he that person that was actually in that apartment committing these heinous crimes?”

The prosecution says yes, the defense no. It will be up to the jury to make the final decision.

After opening statements concluded, court was adjourned for the day. The trial is set to resume on Monday, and prosecutors say the parents of the youngest victim in the case will be the first to take the stand.

A U.S. Marine stationed in Anchorage was dishonorably discharged and sentenced to 26 years in prison Thursday for sexually assaulting and kidnapping a woman in 2013, police say.

Former Staff Sgt. James Hale III was convicted and sentenced for first-degree sexual assault, kidnapping and other misdemeanors, according to a statement from the Anchorage Police Department.

In August 2013, detectives with APD’s Special Victims Unit were contacted about a man who reportedly drove a woman to a location in Spenard and held her at gunpoint while he sexually assaulted her, police say. The victim did not know her attacker.

Authorities identified the suspect as Hale, who processed incoming Marine recruits in Anchorage at the time of the assault. He did not, however, work as a recruiter for the Marines.

Hale was arrested and charged in February 2014, police say. The U.S. Marine Corps stepped in, and worked with the state, district attorney’s office, APD and NCIS to prosecute the case. A court martial trial was held at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson and Hale was prosecuted under the U.S. Code of Military Justice.

Hale will remain at the Anchorage Correctional Complex until the USMC takes him to federal prison.

This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.

Clinton Reeves | Missing Persons

A man accused of killing his friend with a hammer was back in court Friday to change his plea to guilty.

Prosecutors say 26-year-old former Airman First Class James Thomas struck 22-year-old Senior Airman Clinton Reeves multiple times with a hammer, then disposed of his body in a ravine.

Thomas agreed to plea guilty Friday to one count of second-degree extreme indifference murder and two counts of tampering with physical evidence, according to prosecutors.

Reeves was initially reported missing April 23, 2012, launching a large search effort by U.S. Air Force officials and Reeves’ family in Kansas and California. Reeves’ body was found May 8, 2012 by three women walking along Skyline Drive in Eagle River, according to Anchorage police.

The USAF Office of Special Investigations worked alongside the Anchorage Police Department, whose investigation led to Thomas’ arrest the same day Reeves’ body was found. He was originally charged with six counts of tampering with physical evidence and labeled as a person of interest in Reeves’ death. A hammer with Reeves’ blood on it was later found in Thomas’ truck.

He was indicted in June 2012 by a grand jury on 11 charges, including one count of first-degree murder, three counts of second-degree murder and one count of first-degree robbery, as well as the original evidence tampering charges.

Thomas’ plea agreement calls for a sentence of 50 years in prison for the second-degree murder conviction, with 20 suspended, as well as two sentences of five years for each conviction of evidence tampering, with three years suspended for each, according to Robert Henderson, the state’s prosecutor with the Office of Special Prosecutions.

“If the Court ultimately accepts the plea agreement Mr. Thomas will receive a composite sentence of 55 years with 23 years suspended (a composite of 32 years to serve),” Henderson said. “Mr. Thomas will be placed on felony probation for a period of 10 years following his release from incarceration.”

Sentencing is scheduled for July 24.

The man accused of breaking an Anchorage police officer’s arm Wednesday night was arraigned Friday.

Dylan Farrell, 29, made his first court appearance Friday in connection with this week’s attack of off-duty police officer Mark LaPorte. Prosecutors say Farrell broke LaPorte’s arm Wednesday night outside the Rustic Goat Restaurant, and faces charges of second-degree assault and resisting arrest.

The incident occurred after LaPorte escorted Farrell out of the restaurant when it became clear to the officer that Farrell was growing increasingly violent, yelling obscenities at diners.

“I showed him my badge,” LaPorte recalled. “I actually put it right in his face and said, ‘I’m APD, you’re leaving.’ I grabbed him in a wrist lock to escort him out to take him outside. At that time he seemed to relax and comply until we got outside.”

Once outside, Farrell reportedly made attempts to re-enter the restaurant, but was blocked by LaPorte. Farrell allegedly began assaulting LaPorte, at one point breaking LaPorte’s arm. Another diner was able to assist LaPorte in subduing Farrell, and other officers arrived on scene to take him into custody.

LaPorte was taken to a hospital for treatment of his arm, and will be unable to perform his usual duties on patrol until his arm heals, he says.