A fifty-eight-year-old Summerville man who told police that he was HIV positive is accused of trying to bite an officer while he was being processed for intake at the Chattooga County Jail.

According to a report from the Summerville Police Department, Pierre Howard Price was at Truist Bank in Summerville on Memorial Day, leaning against the window of the drive-through.  Price told the officer that he was “waiting for the woman in the bank” to give him his money.  The officer explained that it was a holiday and the bank was closed.  The officer told Price that he needed to leave the property.  At that point, the officer says Price began yelling at him.  Price was placed under arrest and taken to the Chattooga County Jail.

At the jail, police say that Price was verbally abusive and became combative.  At one point, Price attempted to bite one of the arresting officers and had to be placed in a restraint chair.

Price was charged with disorderly conduct, loitering and prowling, reckless conduct – causing harm or endangering the safety of another and willful obstruction of law enforcement.