Pittsburgh man charged with biting officer outside Tequila Cowboy

A Pittsburgh man is charged with biting a city police officer early Sunday morning outside the Tequila Cowboy bar in the North Shore.

Charges against Almir Lopes De Barros, 39, of the Brighton Heights neighborhood of Pittsburgh, include aggravated assault of a police officer, resisting arrest, criminal trespass, disorderly conduct and public drunkenness.

According to a criminal complaint, an off-duty Pittsburgh police officer was told by a Tequila Cowboy employee that Barros was “highly intoxicated and disorderly” and refused to leave the bar at around 1:30 a.m. Sunday…

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