A former MMA fighter put his fighting skills to good use after he choked a man, who was fighting a cop on the side of the road in Indiana, US.?
William Cassoday was on his way to visit his mother when he saw a cop being attacked, the?Lake Geneva Regional News?reported.?
As soon as he noticed this, Cassoday pulled over?down the road and ran back to the scene as suspect Christopher Delgado, 37, was ¡°swinging at the cop¡±, the report said.?
Cassoday ensured not to startle the cop and put Delgado in a rear-naked choke. He?was able to subdue Delgado long enough for the patrolman Jamison Smith?to put him in handcuffs and eliminate any threat Delgado may have posed.??
¡°He couldn¡¯t do anything because I was squeezing on his neck and then he kinda felt like he went limp for a second and so I loosen[ed] it up,¡± Cassoday?told WMAQ-TV.??
¡°I¡¯m 280 pounds ¡ª this guy was probably half my size,¡± he added.??
Delgado was stopped by Smith for an outstanding warrant for auto theft. The suspect initially pretended he was someone else beforesubsequently confronting the officer.
He was charged with a felony count of battery on a law enforcement officer resulting in bodily injury, misdemeanour resisting law enforcement and false informing, according to the report.
Officials later said they ¡°cannot thank Mr. William Cassoday enough for his courageous actions.¡±??
¡°Mr. Cassoday willingly jumped into a fight, in which our officer was being violently attacked,¡± Porter County Sheriff¡¯s Office Cpl. Benjamin McFalls reportedly said.
"Mr. Cassoday exemplified what it means to be a resident of Porter County. We will be honouring him in the near future," he added.?
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