A man is facing a range of charges after an officer plunged through a glass window at a liquor store in Auckland last night.
Police were called to the scene on Great South Rd in Epsom just after 7.24pm following a report of a family harm incident inside the store, Senior Sergeant Megan Dalton said.
Officers attempted to take the man into custody when he began resisting.
“He continued to resist arrest and, while an officer was attempting to physically restrain the man, both fell through a large glass window,” Dalton said.
“At this point, the man continued to violently assault the officer while on the ground.”
The officer was taken to Middlemore Hospital for treatment for cuts to his face, an arm and a leg.
The arrested man was taken to Auckland Hospital under guard for treatment, also for cuts.
The officer had since been released from the hospital and was recovering at home.
A -year-old man has been charged with two counts of threatening to kill, two counts of assaulting police, assaulting a person in a family relationship, resisting police, and impeding breath.
He was scheduled to appear in the Auckland District Court today.