Woman accused of biting 2 Jefferson City cops after alleged road-rage incident
Ryan Shiner
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A woman has been charged with two felonies and two misdemeanors after she allegedly bit two Jefferson City police officers while she was being detained after a road-rage incident.
Bridgett Tallent, 36, of Jefferson City, was charged on Monday in Callaway County with second-degree assault, two counts of fourth-degree assault and one count of resisting arrest. She is being held at the Callaway County Jail without bond. A mugshot was not available on the jail’s website on Monday.
The probable cause statement says Jefferson City police were called after noon on Sunday for a reported road-rage incident involving Tallent and a tow-truck driver.
Tallent allegedly drove a vehicle into the rear axle of the tow truck and ran it off the road, the statement says. The driver had allegedly towed a vehicle that belonged to Tallent, the statement says.
Tallent then allegedly sat in the towed vehicle and would not come out when police told her to get out, the statement says. Police had to use pepper spray and Tallent did get out of the vehicle, but continued to resist police, the statement says.
She allegedly bit two officers on their hands before being detained, court documents say.