A man was charged with assaulting Cadiz Police officers on Main Street in Cadiz Thursday night.
Cadiz Police say they were called to Main Street Villa apartments for possible drug activity and located 35-year-old James Navarro who appeared to be under the influence of drugs.
As officers attempted to arrest Navarro he reportedly resisted arrest and punched an officer in the face numerous times and choked the same officer.
Police say he attempted to cut a second officer’s leg with a battery-powered saw and threw a drill at a third officer before he was tased and taken into custody.
Navarro was reportedly taken to Trigg County Hospital for treatment of a possible drug overdose as well as injuries sustained from fighting officers.
While he was at the hospital he allegedly spit on a medical staff member and tried to bite a doctor.
Two officers involved in the altercation were treated and released at Trigg County Hospital for their injuries.
Navarro was later transferred to a Nashville hospital for treatment for the suspected drug overdose. He is charged with public intoxication, second-degree assault, first-degree strangulation, resisting arrest, three counts of third-degree criminal mischief, and four counts of third-degree assault.
