Victoria police arrested a man they say threatened pedestrians, blocked a roadway and damaged property, including several cars, two city trees and a building door on Monday morning.
According to the Victoria Police Department, shortly before 7:30 a.m. on Aug. 31, officers received multiple reports of a man ripping branches off a tree and trying to hit pedestrians with them in the 700-block of Fisgard Street. The man was then reported to have chased other pedestrians and threatened violence towards them.
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While VicPD was responding, witnesses said the man pushed a large dumpster into the roadway on Fisgard Street. Multiple parked vehicles in the area and a glass door to a multi-unit commercial and residential building were damaged.
Witnesses provided officers with a description of the suspect. Officers located and arrested a man near the intersection of Blanshard and North Park streets.
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The man was transported to cells where he was held to await court.
He is facing recommended charges including one count of uttering threats and five counts of mischief.
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