Heroin addict pricked an LAPD officer with a syringe

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Heroin addict who pricked an LAPD officer with a syringe following an extended vehicle chase and needed to be subdued by a Taser was transferred from a hospital to jail today, police said.The suspect was on heroin when he crashed a van into several parked vehicles in Venice, then struggled with two LAPD officers, pricking one with a syringe, before they stunned him with a Taser and arrested him, police said.The 44-year-old, whose name has not been released, was arrested on suspicion of possession of heroin and resisting arrest, Los Angeles police Officer Ana Aguirre said.Three other officers were treated for minor injuries, Aguirre said. The officer who was pricked will undergo additional blood testing, she said.The crash near Strongs Drive and Washington Boulevard was reported around 10:10 p.m. Tuesday, said Officer Sara Faden of the Los Angeles Police Department’s Media Relations Section.A sergeant with the LAPD’s Pacific Station told an RMG News camera crew that a patrolling officer saw a white van traveling north on Strongs Drive, crossing Washington Boulevard and slamming into several parked vehicles. The officer called for backup, the sergeant said.With officers closing in, the man in the damaged van tried to drive away from the wreckage and would not cooperate with police, the sergeant said.Police subdued the man by shocking him with a Taser twice on his back, then took him into custody, the officer told RMG.He was transported to a hospital with facial injuries and bleeding to the head—both apparently suffered when the van crashed,