Officers arrived at the restaurant after receiving reports of a fight outside of Sign of the Whale around midnight, the Stamford Advocate reported.
Officers located Miguel Nieto-Vailiant, 22, who initially threw the female officer to the ground, but the officer got back on her feet and returned the favor, the Advocate said.
Nieto-Vailiant was charged with assault on a police officer, resisting arrest, third-degree assault and breach of peace, the story said.
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