HN SHOCK VIDEO: Belligerent OUI suspect resists arrest… [*UPDATED*]
The following is the actual YPD press statement:
MAN ARRESTED FOR OUI AND RESISTING ARREST
On Monday, August 20, 2018 at approximately 1:02AM, the Yarmouth Police Department received a call for help from the employees of Oliver’s restaurant located at 960 Route 6A in Yarmouthport asking for assistance with an intoxicated man who was trying to leave and drive home.
Yarmouth Police Department Patrol Officers Ryan Golden and Ryan Murphy were dispatched and prior to arrival were advised that employees had tried to stop the subject from driving and offered him a safe ride home but he resisted, became violent, and drove away.
The employees provided a description of the subject and his license plate.
Officer Golden, Murphy, Gordon Gibbons and fellow midnight shift Patrol Officers found the vehicle and the operator a short distance away on South Yarmouth Road.
The subject refused to exit his vehicle and was physically and verbally combative.
The subject was determined to be intoxicated and placed him under arrest for OUI.
A team of Police Officers, assisted by the use of a Taser, were able to bring him under control.
The subject spit at and continued to be verbally abusive and swearing at the Police Officers the entire ride to YPD Headquarters.
The subjects gray Honda Accord was towed and impounded.
Subject booked at YPD Headquarters and held.
Subject transported to the Barnstable District Court this morning Monday, August 20, 2018 for arraignment.
Arrest: PATRICK T. LEARY
Address: SOUTH YARMOUTH RD DENNIS, MA
Age: 29
Charges:
OUI LIQUOR, 2ND OFFENSE
NEGLIGENT OPERATION OF MOTOR VEHICLE
DISORDERLY CONDUCT
RESISTING ARREST
POSSESS OPEN CONTAINER OF ALCOHOL IN MV
The following HN Footage begins with officers speaking with witnesses in the parking lot of Oliver’s. [DEVELOPING]
[PRESS PLAY]
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Initial HN Coverage:
YARMOUTH PORT/DENNIS – [DEVELOPING] – As you will see in the following HN Shock Video, a belligerent OUI suspect resisted arrest earlier this morning…
Yarmouth Police Officers responded to the parking lot of Olivers & Planck’s Tavern on Route 6A for reports of an intoxicated man trying to drive away in a Honda sedan.
While officers were responding they were updated that the man may have become combative with people at the restaurant.
Additional Yarmouth Police Officers began heading toward Oliver’s when dispatch learned the suspect had just drove away from the scene, possibly heading toward an address on South Yarmouth Road in the Town of Dennis.
Officers caught up to and tried talking with the suspect in his driveway. As you will see in the following HN Video, the suspect reentered his vehicle and apparently disobeyed commands to get back out. The suspect eventually was pulled from the vehicle at Taser point. A struggle ensued.
The following HN Footage begins with officers speaking with witnesses in the parking lot of Oliver’s. [DEVELOPING]
[PRESS PLAY]
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