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PLYMOUTH — A man wanted by Wilkes-Barre police on charges he smashed a window at a church after being evicted from a homeless shelter was arrested by borough police when he allegedly pulled a respiratory breathing tube from a man’s throat during a fight on Sunday.

After David Allen, 39, was arrested and placed in a holding cell, police said he shoved his t-shirt in the toilet and intentionally flooded the cell area, according to court records.

According to the criminal complaints:

Police said they responded to 302 E. Main St. for a fight at about 5:45 p.m. Sunday.

When officers arrived, they located Eron Nero gasping for air and blood around his neck.

A witness told police Nero and Allen were drinking together and got into an argument that turned physical. Allen placed his hands around Nero’s neck and pulled out a tracheal tube from Nero’s throat, causing him distress.

Nero was transported to a local hospital.

Allen was placed in a holding cell where he attempted to pull a metal bed from the wall and shoved his t-shirt in the toilet and repeatedly flushed, causing the cell area to flood. Allen initiated a fight with officers when they attempted to remove him from the flooded cell, the complaint says.

City police in their complaint allege Allen was evicted from an overnight shelter set up at Our Lady of Hope Church on South Hancock Street on Oct. 12. Allen was evicted due to intoxication, the complaint says.

When the shelter coordinator escorted Allen from the church, he heard glass smash and observed Allen across the street walking away.

A rock was thrown through the front glass door, causing an estimated $265 in damage, police allege.

Allen was arraigned Monday by District Judge Ferris Peter Webby Sr. in Luzerne County Central Court and jailed at the county correctional facility for lack of $30,000 total bail.

Plymouth police charged Allen with aggravated assault, simple assault, resisting arrest, harassment and institutional vandalism.

Wilkes-Barre police charged him with institutional vandalism, criminal mischief and public drunkenness.