The Brief
- A Seattle woman was arrested Thursday after allegedly punching a firefighter and biting a police officer in the Central District.
- Police said she used derogatory language and made threats toward officers during the incident.
- She was taken to Harborview Medical Center for evaluation, then booked into the King County Jail.
SEATTLE – A Seattle woman is facing assault charges after punching a firefighter in the face and biting a police officer in the Central District on Thursday.
According to the Seattle Police Department, at around 4:35 p.m., officers responded to reports of a combative patient inside a medic van near the corner of Rainier Avenue South and South Weller Street.
When officers arrived, they found a woman who was enraged, sitting inside the vehicle, yelling and throwing things into the street.…