Columbus police say that a local man is under arrest, but that’s after he bit an officer during a scuffle.

Officers were originally called to the 1000 block of Phoenix Court after an unconscious man was reported inside a vehicle. When police arrived, they noticed 38-year-old Christopher Riddle inside the vehicle, along with a baseball bat, a large knife and drug paraphernalia, says Lt Matt Harris, spokesman for the Columbus police. As police tried to put Riddle into handcuffs , he allegedly fought with them and bit the arm of one officer, Harris says. Police finally used a Taser to subdue Riddle.

After a trip to Columbus Regional Hospital to get checked out, he was arrested on preliminary charges of battery on a law enforcement officer causing injury, resisting law enforcement causing injury, a Marion County warrant for a probation violation, and possession of a syringe and drug paraphernalia.

The bitten officer was also treated at the hospital.

During the arrest, police allegedly heard threats being made against police from inside a nearby apartment. When they looked, they found 33-year old Jayson D. Ackenback of Columbus hiding in an apartment. He was wanted on a warrant for a parole violation and arrested.