Report: Boston Officials Mull Felony Charge For Brewster Officer Alleged To Have Urinated On METALLICA Fan
February 12, 2009, 15 years ago
CapeCodOnline.com has issued the following report from Doug Fraser:
A local police officer who had a disciplinary hearing before selectmen yesterday for alleged drunken and lewd behavior at a METALLICA concert on January 18th, will also have a hearing in Boston on whether he should be charged with a felony.
Brewster police Officer Joseph Houston allegedly pulled down his pants and urinated on a member of a family sitting in the row in front of him at the TD Banknorth Garden in Boston, according to reports from the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Transit Police and Boston police. He then verbally and physically harassed the female members of the family with his pants still down and penis exposed, according to police.
Houston was thrown out of the concert by security personnel. Transit police then told him to leave or face arrest for trespassing but he attempted to re-enter the concert by flashing his badge and telling them he was a Brewster police officer, according to the police reports. He was then arrested and charged with trespassing, a misdemeanor.
But this week, Boston police detectives asked for a clerk magistrate's hearing in Boston Municipal Court on March 5th on possible felony charges, Boston police spokesman Officer Eddy Chrispin said yesterday. The family filed a complaint with Boston police after the concert.
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