FARMINGTON, Maine — A local man was arrested after police say he punched an officer who tried to get him to stop dancing in the middle of Main Street on Sunday night.
Simon Blodgett, 33, of Farmington faces two charges after his confrontation with Officer Courtney Krause, Police Chief Jack Beck said Tuesday.
“She tried to talk him into getting out of the street, and he refused,” Peck said.
Police had received a complaint that a man was dancing in the middle of Main Street near Rite-Aid, Peck said. When Krause responded, she found Blodgett dancing in the street and showing signs of being intoxicated.
After Blodgett refused to leave the street, Krause tried to escort him to the sidewalk, and “he ended up punching her in the face,” Peck said.
The officer and the suspect both fell to the ground and scuffled briefly before backup arrived and Blodgett was subdued.
Blodgett was taken to Franklin Memorial Hospital with a bloody nose and cuts on his chin, then released to police.
He is facing charges of assault on a police officer and failure to submit to arrest. Krause suffered a black eye and blurred vision from the punch, Peck said.
Blodgett is due in court Feb. 23. Franklin County sheriff’s deputies and officers from the University of Maine at Farmington assisted in the arrest.
Not too long ago, here in Bangor he would have been charged with being “Irish.”
Hey, being Irish is not a chargeable offense…..it is an honor and priveledge denied to many!
LMAO! Not just in Bangor.
Your ignorance is dazzling.
Well, his less than stellar lead up to his audition to dancing with the stars was a dismal failure. No doubt he will try again.
What’s up with Farmington lately? Is Lewiston oozing its way up there?
Yes.
♫ …and we’ll be dancin’ in the street… ♫
Flashdance
Yup, Mr. tough guy got drunk and poked a woman!
Classy move!
Hey, I thought this was where the flash mob was supposed to take place…
WHAT is the big deal, so a drunk hits a cop. Teddy Kennedy slugged a cop in Georgetown after getting caught looped, but he just walked away on it, just like the Chappaquiddick deal. Lighten up…..
R-i-g-h-t…So if you were invovled and got hit so hard that it blurred your vision and blackened your eye, but you were told, “So a drunk hit you, Teddy Kennedy hit a guy and got away with it, and then there’s the Chappaquiddick deal. Lighten up.” You’d just go along with that. S-u-r-e you would.
The officer should have just started a congo line leading to the sidewalk to get him out of the street. Sometimes you just need to be creative and have a sense of humor…