A Port Orchard man was charged with assault after he allegedly tried to grab a Bremerton Police officer’s handgun during a fight.

Kelsey Thomas Sherfick, 32, of Port Orchard, was charged with two counts of assault in the third degree.

According to a Bremerton Police report, an officer on patrol responded to a report of a residential burglary in progress on Nipsic Avenue in East Bremerton on Feb. 20 at 5:45 p.m.

The officer observed a Sherfick walking from the backyard of the residence. Sherfick looked at the officer and then ran. The officer followed him and watched Sherfick try to climb a hedge, but the hedge could not support his weight.

The officer directed Sherfick to sit down in a nearby chair, but Sherfick allegedly punched the officer in the head. During the fight the Sherfick tried several times to pull the officer’s handgun from its holster.

Sherfick continued to throw punches as two other officers arrived.

Sherfick allegedly punched, kicked and tried to bite officers before he was restrained and taken to jail.