It took a small army to apprehend an Alexandria man who took the fight to officers during a dispute in Arlington, police say.
Travis Singleton, 45, tried to take a bite out of members of the Arlington Police Department on Sunday night following a strange scene that played out during the investigation into a reported suspicious vehicle.
Officers were called at around 6 p.m. on Oct. 6 to the 3500 block of 22nd Street South, where there were calls regarding an erratic driver who got out of the vehicle and left it running in the roadway.
A responding officer found Singleton walking away from the vehicle and demanded he stop, though he ignored him and kept walking away, at one point taking out a lighter and sparking it in the officer’s face.
Additional officers were called to the scene, and when they attempted to take Singleton into custody, he remained non-compliant, resisted his arrest and began grabbing officers until additional backup arrived to subdue him.
During a subsequent search, drugs were recovered, police say.