An Anchorage police officer had a bone broken in his face when a a suspect punched him during an arrest late Saturday, the Anchorage Police Department reported.
Police said in a statement Sunday morning that officer Ian Fletcher was called to the 3500 block of Orbit Circle in West Anchorage at 11:15 p.m. Saturday after a report that Amos Charles Lane, 51, was drunk and violating his conditions of release.
When Fletcher found Lane in the area of Cosmos Drive and Nova Circle and tried to get him into the back of the police car, Lane allegedly punched the officer in the face "multiple times" before fleeing in the direction of Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport.
Other officers arriving on the scene arrested Lane on charges of assault, resisting arrest and violating his conditions of release.
Fletcher was taken to a local hospital where he was treated for a fracture to his orbital bone and released early Sunday.