A 45-year-old Niagara Falls man is facing five charges after a police officer was kicked and another was spat on during two separate altercations on Wednesday night.
Investigators say the incidents happened just after 8:30 p.m. in an area of Lundy’s Lane and Kalar Road during a possible impaired driver stop.
Police say a man, who was not connected with the traffic stop, approached the officer and began recording video on a mobile phone while yelling and swearing.
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After being warned about obstructing an investigation, the man spat in the officer’s face.
Police say he kicked another officer in the chest moments later during an arrest at a nearby plaza amid a struggle to place him in a police cruiser.
Charges include obstructing an officer and two counts of assaulting an officer.
No one was seriously injured in the incident, according to Niagara police.
