A Longview man was accused of assaulting a public servant Thursday after Gregg County sheriff's deputies said he attacked a jailer and took a can of pepper spray from her
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Neal Woods III,
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Woods was being held in the jail under a $2,500 bond after being accused Saturday of driving while intoxicated with a previous conviction.
Woods was constantly yelling and banging on his door to the point where he was disrupting jail operations as well as risking injury to himself, the probable cause affidavit for his arrest said.
To gain compliance, a jailer opened the door and sprayed a half-second burst of pepper spray to his face.
Immediately upon being sprayed, Woods lunged toward (the
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