Argus Leader
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A Sioux Falls man is in custody after allegedly biting a firefighter and then fleeing from a hospital, police said.
The incident started at 2:20 p.m. Sunday when police were called to a man stuck in a tree. Residents in the 2900 block of North Wayland Avenue said they heard a man yelling from a nearby wooded area, public information officer Sam Clemens said.
Police found a 44-year-old Sioux Falls man with his arm caught between branches in a tree. When authorities worked to free him, he bit a firefighter on the left forearm. The bite did not break the skin but left a mark, Clemens said. Police took the man to the hospital.
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