Lunenburg District RCMP say two officers were assaulted when they responded to a complaint on Feb. 14 of a disturbance at a local restaurant involving a man and woman in an argument.
Police said that when they arrived, the two people involved refused to leave the restaurant peacefully.
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“As one of the officers attempted to arrest the woman for causing a disturbance, she resisted,” the RCMP said.
“The woman punched the officer in the face, bit the officer, spit in their eye and kicked the officer in the chest.”
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A second officer intervened and was also bitten by the woman.
According to authorities, the man involved in the disturbance tried to intervene and was arrested for obstruction of justice.
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The two officers suffered minor injuries as a result of the assault.
The RCMP said MacKenzie Page Jennings, 19, of Gold River, is charged with causing a disturbance, resisting arrest and two counts of assaulting a police officer.
Daniel Dwayne Johnson, 19, has been charged with causing a disturbance and obstructing a police officer.
Both were released from custody and are scheduled to appear in Bridgewater provincial court on April 14 at 9:30 a.m.
Police said the investigation is ongoing.
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