Fifth-degree assault charges are pending in an incident of possible road rage where a male party allegedly exited his vehicle and kicked another’s van.
A witness told Stillwater Police he had seen an apparent case of road rage at the intersection of Market Drive and Curve Crest Boulevard the afternoon of Jan. 4. The witness told police he was behind two vehicles at the stop sign, a van and a Jeep Grand Cherokee. Police reports state that the witness said the driver of the Jeep got out and started punching the passenger side door of the van and kicking the mirror. After that the man got back in his jeep and drove away, according to the report.
The van driver called police and said that he was the driver of the second vehicle. He said the Jeep was entering Market Drive from the Bruegger’s area and the vehicle in front of the van driver had proceeded out onto Market Drive causing the Jeep to have to stop or yield to the vehicle. The van driver then said the Jeep driver pulled in front of him, stopped, prevented him from his traffic maneuver and gave him “the finger.”
After pulling into traffic, the van driver said, he moved over to the other lane to avoid being anywhere near the Jeep. The Jeep’s driver then stopped in an unconventional position in the road a number of car lengths from where he should be stopped at the light on Curve Crest, as if he were waiting for the van to pull up beside him, the report says. When the van stopped, the Jeep driver exited his vehicle and hit his car door against the van. Then he got out of his car and kicked the door and the mirror before leaving the scene, according to police reports.
The van driver told police that he didn’t make eye contact or verbal acknowledgement of the Jeep driver because he didn’t want to anger the man.
Police contacted the driver of the Jeep. The man acknowledged to police that he was the one referred to in the police call and that he had kicked and struck the van. He told police that the van driver had given him the finger and made a maneuver that made him think the van driver was going to hit his vehicle, so he stopped, got out of his vehicle and hit and kicked at the van.
Police reports state that when officers asked the Jeep driver why he got out of the car, the Jeep driver said he was having a bad day and was working on a project in the basement and was upset that he had to run to the store to finish the project.
Coat insult taken too personally downtown?
An argument between two men, ages 28 and 23, grew into a fight after bars closed Jan. 4.
Stillwater police responded to reports of a fight downtown. Witnesses on the scene told officers that the suspect was with a group of four males behind Smalley’s Bar, where the group was located as they were getting into a sober cab.
Police made contact with the 28-year-old. He had injuries on his face and appeared to have blood on his face and the back of his hands. The man’s friends said that he and the other man involved in the fight were punching each other after the 23-year-old pushed and insulted him first.
The 23-year-old was found with a swollen and cut right eye. He said the fight only started after the 28-year-old insulted his coat.
Both parties refused medical treatment.
Compiled by Avery Cropp – avery.cropp@ecm-inc.com
The Gazette
Fifth-degree assault charges are pending in an incident of possible road rage where a male party allegedly exited his vehicle and kicked another’s van.
A witness told Stillwater Police he had seen an apparent case of road rage at the intersection of Market Drive and Curve Crest Boulevard the afternoon of Jan. 4. The witness told police he was behind two vehicles at the stop sign, a van and a Jeep Grand Cherokee. Police reports state that the witness said the driver of the Jeep got out and started punching the passenger side door of the van and kicking the mirror. After that the man got back in his jeep and drove away, according to the report.
The van driver called police and said that he was the driver of the second vehicle. He said the Jeep was entering Market Drive from the Bruegger’s area and the vehicle in front of the van driver had proceeded out onto Market Drive causing the Jeep to have to stop or yield to the vehicle. The van driver then said the Jeep driver pulled in front of him, stopped, prevented him from his traffic maneuver and gave him “the finger.”
After pulling into traffic, the van driver said, he moved over to the other lane to avoid being anywhere near the Jeep. The Jeep’s driver then stopped in an unconventional position in the road a number of car lengths from where he should be stopped at the light on Curve Crest, as if he were waiting for the van to pull up beside him, the report says. When the van stopped, the Jeep driver exited his vehicle and hit his car door against the van. Then he got out of his car and kicked the door and the mirror before leaving the scene, according to police reports.
The van driver told police that he didn’t make eye contact or verbal acknowledgement of the Jeep driver because he didn’t want to anger the man.
Police contacted the driver of the Jeep. The man acknowledged to police that he was the one referred to in the police call and that he had kicked and struck the van. He told police that the van driver had given him the finger and made a maneuver that made him think the van driver was going to hit his vehicle, so he stopped, got out of his vehicle and hit and kicked at the van.
Police reports state that when officers asked the Jeep driver why he got out of the car, the Jeep driver said he was having a bad day and was working on a project in the basement and was upset that he had to run to the store to finish the project.
Coat insult taken too personally downtown?
An argument between two men, ages 28 and 23, grew into a fight after bars closed Jan. 4.
Stillwater police responded to reports of a fight downtown. Witnesses on the scene told officers that the suspect was with a group of four males behind Smalley’s Bar, where the group was located as they were getting into a sober cab.
Police made contact with the 28-year-old. He had injuries on his face and appeared to have blood on his face and the back of his hands. The man’s friends said that he and the other man involved in the fight were punching each other after the 23-year-old pushed and insulted him first.
The 23-year-old was found with a swollen and cut right eye. He said the fight only started after the 28-year-old insulted his coat.
Both parties refused medical treatment.
Compiled by Avery Cropp – avery.cropp@ecm-inc.com