Ring, 34, intoxicated but unarmed at the time, was arrested and charged with three counts of aggravated assault on apoliceofficer and resisting arrest.
Pointing a loaded weapon at anybody is grounds for a felony charge of assault, and brandishing a gun in front of apoliceofficer is an affront to law enforcement that is seldom taken lightly.
The policeofficer said the attack on the man was a planned assault which took place in the middle of the night and he said Ms Irvine had had the knife.