[*BCM*] Drunken Somerville bicyclist fights cars in Cambridge

[Andrew Maddox]

I think the man was simply a late night autobody worker, just pounding  
out some dents.

-Andrew

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On Aug 4, 2009, at 4:29 PM, Rob Arnold <rsarnold at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think it's interesting how quick we are to say, "That person's  
> giving cyclists a bad name." When drivers act like douchebags,  
> nobody says, "Hey, that guy's giving car drivers a bad name." They  
> just say, "Man, what a douchebag." I think we cyclists should do the  
> same.
>
> Man, that guy is a drunken douchebag. Good thing he was only riding  
> a bike.
>
> On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 4:19 PM, Gondaba <gondaba at gondaba.com> wrote:
> giving local cyclists a good name...
>
> http://www.wickedlocal.com/cambridge/homepage/x1307075856/Drunken-Somerville-bicyclist-fights-cars-in-Cambridge
> Cambridge police arrested a drunken Somerville man after he  
> allegedly rode through the streets near MIT, kicking cars and  
> smashing the window of one car with his bike.
>
> Police said a bystander confronted the car-bashing bicyclist and he  
> allegedly punched the bystander.
> REDACTED was arrested at  
> Mass. Ave. and Osborn Street and charged with malicious destruction  
> of property over $250 and assault and battery.
> Police responded to a 911 call at the intersection of Mass. Ave. and  
> Albany Street just after 11 p.m. July 30 and found REDACTED fighting  
> in the middle of Osborn Street with a 32-year-old Quincy man.
> The Quincy man reported he was standing outside the Paradise bar  
> when two of his friends pointed to REDACTED and reported he had just  
> smashed the window of a parked car they were sitting inside. That’s  
> when he allegedly noticed REDACTED kicking several other cars on the s 
> treet and chased after REDACTED on Albany Street to Osborn Street.
> When the Quincy man asked REDACTED why he smashed the car window,  
> REDACTED allegedly threatened him and told him he was going to “kick h 
> is a—,” according to police reports.
> REDACTED, who police said smelled of alcohol and was unsteady on his  
> feet, also allegedly punched the Quincy man in the face and the  
> Quincy man held REDACTED until police arrived, according to reports.
> The Quincy man’s two friends told police they were sitting in the fr 
> ont seat of the car when they noticed REDACTED stop his yellow bicycle 
>  next to the car.
> REDACTED allegedly leaned on the motor vehicle and began to bang on  
> the front of the car. When one friend asked REDACTED to stop, REDACTED  
> allegedly began yelling and swearing at the two men and punched the  
> passenger’s window.
> The hit did not break the window, but then REDACTED allegedly picked  
> up his bicycle and smashed it against the window, shattering the  
> glass and denting and scratching the passenger’s side door and back  
> of the car, according to police reports.
> The two men ran to find their friend, report the damage to the car’s 
>  owner — a 64-year-old Malden man — and called 911 to report the  
> incident to police.
> REDACTED told police the men attacked him and he wanted to leave.  
> Police said REDACTED refused to answer any questions. Police seized  
> REDACTED’s bike as evidence.
>
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