Man tries to spray police with his own blood

Posted at: 08/15/2012 5:15 PM | Updated at: 08/15/2012 6:33 PM
By: WNYT Staff

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PITTSFIELD - A Berkshire County man is charged with assault with a deadly weapon, police tell NewsChannel13 that the deadly weapon was his own blood.

Investigators say 53-year-old Jeffrey Harrington was upset, hit an eleven year old at a home in Richmond, and then locked himself into the house.

Police got him out and took him to a hospital where they say he was combative, pulled out his IV and tried to spray officers with his blood.





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