A New Bedford man with a historical past of aggression towards authority figures bit his means into 9 months in jail after clamping his jaw down on the hand of a police officer arresting him, breaking the pores and skin.
“(Expletive) you, I’m going to kill you,” prosecutors say Joseph Nascimento, 57, yelled at his sufferer earlier than biting down — onerous. This was after getting tased twice to no obvious impact.
A New Bedford District Courtroom jury of six convicted Nascimento of resisting arrest and assault and battery on a police officer. Decide Cynthia Brackett sentenced Nascimento to 9 months within the county lockup. However that’s simply extending his keep, as Nascimento was already booked for a 12 months and a half for breaking probation related to an analogous case the place he assaulted court docket officers on the identical courthouse.
“This defendant is a career criminal who has no respect for authority or the law,” Bristol County DA Thomas Quinn mentioned. “He was completely disrespectful to the police and totally out of control. … This case highlights the difficulty police can encounter when trying to restrain uncooperative and violent individuals.”
This encounter was on June 12, 2023, when native police had been known as for a home violence grievance towards Nascimento. They regarded up his title and noticed he was the topic of an energetic arrest warrant. After they approached him on the road, he had some alternative and threatening phrases earlier than him earlier than fleeing, in accordance with prosecutor Victoria Bendza.
An officer tackled him and extra officers got here to help. He withstood them in addition to being tased twice earlier than he bit the officer and wouldn’t let go till the officer punched him within the mouth together with his different hand.
“That same officer then rendered aid to the defendant, at which point the defendant kicked him in the head,” in accordance with a DA assertion.
