Haines Police charged a 40-year-old transient man with inciting fear and for physically assaulting a police officer, two counts of assault.

On April 2, a 24-year-old woman reported that the man had been watching her for more than an hour. Later that day the woman reported the man to police. Officer Brayton Long later approached the man.

“He became verbally assaultive right off the bat,” Long said. “He wouldn’t give me his full name. He…