MetroParks ranger arrests man who takes a swing at him at RiverScape

A MetroParks ranger was giving a man a ticket involving an alcohol violation Thursday afternoon when the man took a swing at the officer.

That resulted in the man's arrest, according to a MetroParks sergeant.

The incident, dispatched about 6:16 p.m., occurred in the 100 block of Monument Avenue at RiverScape MetroPark.

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No one was injured.

The man will be charged with the alcohol offense as trespassing and assault on a law enforcement officer. He was taken to the Montgomery County Jail.

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