Tacoma WA Police Report

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May 19, 2018 06:47 PM
Editor’s note: Compiled from reports to Tacoma police and the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department.

May 12: The headbanger cranked the Van Halen track so loud the Ruston Way waterfront trembled.

An off-duty Tacoma police officer taking an afternoon walk heard the ear-crunching metal from four blocks away. It was coming from a green 1997 Ford Ranger pickup, parked in a disabled space along the 3800 block.

The officer walked toward the truck and saw the headbanger standing next to it, deep in the throes of an air guitar solo, head bobbing.

The headbanger, 56, had a familiar face. The officer had cited him in early April for a public disturbance in the same area. Another officer had cited him for the same behavior on May 2. He had generated numerous noise complaints in recent months.

The officer didn’t say anything. He glanced at the license plate and made a mental note. The headbanger spotted him.

“That’s right!” he shouted, adding an epithet. “Call 911. The (expletive) number is 911, (expletive). Call it!”

The officer called a non-emergency number and asked for assistance. Two on-duty officers responded, arriving with emergency lights flashing.

The music coming from the truck was deafening; conversation was impossible. The headbanger didn’t notice the officers until one of them tapped him on the shoulder. The officer reached into the truck and turned off the music.

Officers booked the man into the Pierce County Jail on suspicion of creating a public disturbance. The truck was towed.