Man accused of biting, spitting on federal officer during Tuesday protest 

A man arrested during Tuesday’s protest activity at the Eugene Federal Building is accused of biting an officer, according to a Department of Homeland Security statement Thursday, Jan. 29.

Authorities did not release the man’s name but said in the statement he first “approached an officer while holding a longboard (skateboard), shouted profanities at the officer, and spit on him — assaulting a federal officer, a felony and a federal crime.”

Then, while officers attempted to take the man into custody, he allegedly “bit the officer on the arm, causing bleeding, swelling, and bruising.”

The Department of Homeland Security statement did not name the man, and it wasn’t immediately clear if a formal criminal charge had been filed against him as of Thursday.

Uniformed federal officers with U.S. Customs and Border Protection and also Federal Protective Service took multiple people into custody at Tuesday’s protest.

The Thursday statement from the Department of Homeland Security said the man with a longboard spat on an officer while officers “were conducting a coordinated, targeted arrest” of another person charged with disorderly conduct.

The statement also referenced Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, stating she has been clear in saying any “rioter” obstructing or assaulting a law enforcement officer “will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”