TEABERRY, Ky. (WMDJ) - A Floyd County man faces seven charges after deputies say he restrained his grandmother and assaulted officers attempting to arrest him Thursday.

According to a Floyd County Sheriff's Office citation, deputies went to a residence along KY 979 on October 15th to serve three outstanding arrest warrants on 47-year-old Mickey McKinney.

Deputies say they found McKinney sitting behind his grandmother with his arms wrapped around her. He allegedly made threats toward her while refusing to surrender.

The citation states McKinney struck his grandmother's foot, which was being treated for open sores, before struggling with deputies. During the confrontation, he allegedly kicked deputies in the face and groin.

Authorities also reported that McKinney spit on a jail employee after being taken into custody.

McKinney faces charges of third-degree assault, third-degree terroristic threatening, first-degree unlawful imprisonment, resisting arrest, menacing, second-degree disorderly conduct and fourth-degree assault.

McKinney is scheduled to appear in Floyd District Court on October 19th. The charges are allegations, and McKinney is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.