A local man has been arrested and charged after a morning brawl at the northern end of Kingston, where he caused riots and threatened to hit a store clerk.
Numerous police officers in Kingston responded to a gas station on Division Street after a store employee was threatened by a citizen who acted chaotically in the early morning hours of Monday, June 6, 2022. Photo by Lucas Mulder.
The incident happened at a gas station in the area of Division Street and Benson Avenue around 00:40 on Monday, June 6, 2022, when the suspect entered the gas station store. An employee of the store, who observed the suspect acting haphazardly, told police that the man appeared to have been under the influence of drugs.
The man approached the victim, a store clerk, and started screaming. Because the store employee feared for their safety, the suspect threatened to punch the employee in the face, according to a Kingston police press release on Tuesday, June 7, 2022. The suspect then left the store, still screaming and screaming, and police were notified. .
“When the police arrived, the accused was still wandering outside the store. The accused, after noticing the police, tried to flee the scene. Police chased the accused on foot and tried to arrest him, but the accused fought against the policeman and tried to kick him several times, “said the Kingston police.
“While on the spot, the accused continued to act chaotically and aggressively and did not want to listen to the police’s requests to stop resisting arrest.
According to police, the accused man was handcuffed and detained after a “brief fight” with officers. He continued to shout at police as he was placed in the back of a cruiser, police said.
The 34-year-old man from Kingston is accused of assault, threatening to inflict bodily harm, resisting arrest and causing disturbance.
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