Man Infected With HIV Sentenced To Jail For Biting Palm Beach Deputy

Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter

WEST PALM BEACH (CBSMiami/AP) — A man who bit a Palm Beach County Sheriff's deputy during a drunken altercation has been sentenced to 364 days in jail.

Jeffrey Switzer, 27, pleaded guilty last week to charges of battery on a law enforcement officer and resisting an officer with violence.

An arrest report said Switzer, who has HIV, was intoxicated and became violent when deputies ordered him to leave Wellington's Coach House Banquet Hall in February 2015.

Deputies used a stun gun but weren't able to bring Switzer under control. He became engaged in a "violent struggle" with them, spitting at the deputies before biting Deputy Daniel Delia, who required five stitches to close the wound on his right forearm.

Delia says Switzer "spit out" a large chunk of skin during the attack.

(TM and © Copyright 2016 CBS Radio Inc. and its relevant subsidiaries. CBS RADIO and EYE Logo TM and Copyright 2016 CBS Broadcasting Inc. Used under license. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report.)