Kent Police arrested a 48-year-old man for investigation of fourth-degree assault and obstructing an officer after he reportedly poured beer on another man and his daughter during the Scorpions rock concert at the ShoWare Center.
The man also allegedly struggled with officers as they tried to remove him from his seat at about 9:30 p.m. on Oct. 9 at the arena, 625 W. James. St., according to the police report.
The incident started when the man started moving his head up and down during the concert causing his long hair to hit against about three people in the row in front of him. A man, sitting with his wife and 12-year-old daughter in front of the long-haired man, asked the man multiple times not to invade his space. The long-haired man then poured beer on the man and his daughter.
Alcohol enforcement staff started to deal with the matter before Kent Police working security at the concert were asked to assist. The man told police “I can’t leave” several times and held out his arms perpendicular to his body.
Because of the man’s disobedient nature, alcohol involved in the incident and the close quarters of the seats, police decided to detain the man in handcuffs to remove him from the section. When an officer tried to take control of the man’s left arm, the man responded by putting his right hand on the officer’s shoulder.
A second officer pulled out a Taser and fired it, but the darts were ineffective because of the close range. The officer then held the Taser against the man’s back and they were able to handcuff him. The man struggled with police as they forcibly escorted him to get him to go down stairs and outside of the arena.
The man cursed at officers as he was read his rights and police didn’t ask him any questions about the incident before taking him to the city jail.
Woman loud, drunk and disorderly
Officers arrested a woman for investigation of disorderly conduct after responding four times during the night of Oct. 10 to her apartment at the Terra Villa Apartments, 3012 S. 240th St.
An officer responded the first time at about 5:42 p.m. to the complex because several people were loud and the officer had to yell at the woman to get her to go back inside her apartment, according to the police report.
On the second call about a child custody issue involving the woman’s friend, police again had to ask the woman to go back inside her unit, which she did.
On the third call, the woman had been outside making threats. The officer told her if they were called out one more time because of her, she would be taken to jail.
At about 11:33 p.m. police received a fourth complaint call. This time the caller reported a woman in the parking lot screaming for people to come outside so she could “whoop” them. The woman told police she had been in an argument with another woman at the complex. That woman told officers the woman in the parking lot wanted to fight her.
Police arrested the woman for disorderly conduct for trying to provoke a fight with another tenant.
Man rips mirror off vehicle
Police arrested a man for investigation of third-degree malicious mischief after he reportedly ripped the mirror off a vehicle that a woman had parked at about 11:16 p.m. on Oct. 10 in order to use a cash machine in the 200 block of West Meeker Street.
The woman told officers the man walked up to her vehicle and yelled at her and a friend before he grabbed the driver’s side mirror and yanked at it until it broke, according to the police report.
The pair then drove away and called 911. Officers responded and found the man walking along the street while yelling incoherently. They noted he appeared obviously intoxicated.
The man yelled at officers when they read him his rights, so officers didn’t ask the man any questions. The report noted the man seemed to be very agitated and irrational.
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