A man stands accused of grave public disorder and an affront to authority after bombarding officers objects up to the size of butane bottles.
The incident took place at 23.57h on the 17th of June, which was when a disturbance was reported to the police in Navaluenga. A Guardia Civil patrol was sent to where a man was dancing semi-naked on his balcony to music being played at a very loud volume.
The officers told him to turn the music down because it was annoying his neighbours but not only did he take no notice, but he also started throwing flowerpots down upon the officers. This was followed by a TV and finally a bombona de butano, which hit the patrol car.
The officers probably inwardly considered shooting him dead on the spot but instead followed the established protocol, which was to get out of range and cordon off the area so that passersby wouldn’t get taken out by an unorthodox missile; i.e., a fridge, microwave or cat.
The police couldn’t get near the entrance to the block of flats without being met by incoming and the culprit wasn’t keen upon deescalating the situation via a nice, reasonable chat, so they called in their riot-squad colleagues who are accustomed to Molotov cocktails and having to bite their way through reinforced doors.
The said USECIC arrived and had the situation explained to them. The first thing they did was launch a drone to get a view into the 2nd-floor flat with no lift.
The man’s behaviour was even more erratic and the police worried that he would end up falling off the balcony, which would have been jolly decent of him but seeing as the riot police had just arrived from Segovia they were left to plan the necessary action to gain access.
With their riot shields up like a Roman tortuga formation, they approached the main door and were met with a saucepan full of boiling water and the contents of a bleach bottle – he was not gaining any new friends, that was for sure. Nobody below was hurt, mightily pissed off, yes, but injured, no.
Seeing the officers enter the door he rushed inside whilst the officers raced up two flights of stairs. When they reached the entrance to the flat they found that he had blocked it with a fridge-freezer. Here was a man playing hard to get, obviously. However, the police chewed through the door and the freezer and greeted him accordingly. Surprisingly, the people gathered below did not see the man launched from the balcony to join his TV set and flowerpots on the pavements.
He was arrested and immediately taken to have psychiatric evaluation at the Hospital de Nuestra Señora de Sonsoles in Ávila.
(News: Spain)