Man Spit Blood at Deputy, Nurse After Burglary Arrest

A Holiday man faces multiple charges after initiating a foot chase with Pasco deputies late Sunday that ended with him spitting blood at an officer and a hospital nurse. 

According to an incident report, deputies were watching the home of a burglary suspect on Sunday, when the man exited his home and refused a deputy's order to stop moving.

Christopher Farrell, 33, began to run, leading two deputies on a foot chase east of his home at 3716 Beechwood Drive. Eventually Farrell "tripped and fell to the ground and still tried to get up and run away," the report stated.

Farrell continued to resist a deputy's attempts to subdue and handcuff him, pulling his arms under his stomach while lying face down on the ground, according to the report.

It took four deputies to handcuff Farrell, and once he was restrained, Fire Rescue was requested to treat his injuries, the report stated. After he was treated, Farrell spit blood on a deputy's right hand and leg.

According to a Pasco County complaint affidavit, Farrell was transported to Medical Center of Trinity, and upon entering the facility "was very irate and causing a disturbance." When a nurse walked up to the gurney to tell Farrell he needed to calm down, he turned his head toward her and spit blood in her direction, the report stated.

Farrell remains in the Land O' Lakes jail in lieu of bond. He is charged with burglary of an occupied dwelling, violation of probation, battery on a law enforcement officer, battery on a health care provider, and resisting arrest without violence. He also was charged with posession of contraband in a detention facility.