Police have charged a man after he allegedly assaulted police in Rockhampton this evening.
Officers were called to a service station on George Street at 6.45pm following reports of a man threatening members of the public.
It will be alleged when police attempted to search the man he ran from officers.
Police will further allege as the man was taken into custody he struck a male sergeant in the face, causing a laceration to the officer’s brow.
The sergeant’s partner, a female senior constable, then deployed capsicum spray and the man was taken into custody without further incident.
The 43-year-old male sergeant received stitches above his right eye but has since been released from hospital.
A 36-year-old Rockhampton man has been charged with serious assault police causing bodily harm, public nuisance and two counts of obstruct police.
He is due to appear in Rockhampton Magistrates Court tomorrow, June 8.
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