Alachua County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested a local man Tuesday night after authorities said he punched an officer in jail.
At about 8:05 p.m. Tuesday, Otha Brown Jr., 55, smeared feces on his jail cell and was then escorted to the shower area, according to a police report.
Deputies arrested Brown on Monday after he threatened two people with a pair of knives and resisted arrest.
Once in the showers, Brown pulled away from two officers and punched one of them in the face, according to the report.
The officer was not injured, but he did press charges against Brown, who is listed as a violent registered criminal and convicted felon, according to the report.
Authorities watched the surveillance video and filed a complaint from the officer. A deputy tried to speak with Brown but decided not to after watching him ramble in a "peculiar state," according to the report.
In addition to three charges from the day before, which included two charges for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without intent to kill and one for resisting an officer without violence, deputies charged Brown on Tuesday for battery on a law enforcement officer.
As of press time, he remains in the Alachua County Jail in lieu of a $255,000 bond.
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