Seattle man pleads no contest in officer assault case


Thursday, September 07 2006
Unalaska, AK – A Seattle man will serve 30 days in jail after pleading no contest to assaulting an Unalaska public safety officer at the Unalaska Airport restaurant last month.
On August 18, a restaurant employee called the police after Eric Warner, 41, refused to leave the business. When an officer arrived, Werner yelled at him and shoved him, according to the officer's report.
A few minutes later, after the officer had placed Werner against a wall, Werner reached between his legs, grabbed the officer's leg and tried to pull it out from under him. The officer reported that Werner appeared intoxicated, and he said that when he arrested him, Werner tried to explain that he was only trying to demonstrate what someone might try to do to an officer in an arrest situation.
Warner was sentenced to 150 days in jail, but 120 days of his sentence were suspended.