Arrest Yields Meth Bust, HIV-Spreading Charges

Then Lindsay tried to dart out the back door, Parker said. As Parker and Detective John Reinikka wrestled him down, Lindsay repeatedly said, "I can't go back to jail," according to a charging document. After a heated struggle, the detectives managed to handcuff him. Reinikka broke a finger during the scuffle.

"When we got done with him, I was exhausted," Parker said. "To me it seemed like a lifetime."

After Lindsay had been handcuffed, he continued to struggle, Parker said. One of Lindsay's wrists was bleeding, probably from trying to resist being handcuffed, Parker said. As Parker waited for other officers to arrive, Lindsay bit Parker's right thumb, drawing blood, the detective said.

Parker said investigators believe Lindsay is HIV positive because the informant said that; also, Lindsay later told Parker that he should wash the blood off his hands.

Lindsay was charged with two counts each of assault and reckless endangerment, one count of resisting arrest, numerous drug charges and trying to transmit HIV, a misdemeanor punishable by up to three years in prison. Marguardt was charged with numerous drug counts.

Lindsay is being held in lieu of $500,000 bond; Marguardt is being held in lieu of $25,000 bond. It was unclear whether they had retained attorneys. During a brief bond hearing yesterday, Lindsay shook his head when he heard he was being charged for trying to infect someone with HIV but said nothing.

Parker said he is worried about the side effects of the anti-retroviral drugs, which can include prolonged flulike symptoms and diarrhea. But he is taking the incident in stride.

Said Parker, "What can you do about it?"