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PLYMOUTH — Several juveniles took haven inside a Church Street apartment from a man who allegedly followed them wanting to fight.
Malcolm Lee Perry, 27, was arraigned Wednesday on charges he caused a disturbance in the area of 136 Church St. and then intentionally flooded a jail cell inside police headquarters.
According to a criminal complaint:
Perry followed a group of juveniles Tuesday night from Orchard Street to 136 Church St. Along the way, Perry focused on a boy saying, “Put your hands up.”
The boy and his friends eventually took refuge inside 136 Church St.
Perry forced open the door but was pushed outside and fell off a porch. Perry also approached a vehicle occupied by two people in front of 136 Church and punched the driver’s-side window. The passenger panicked and accidentally unlocked the doors, resulting in Perry opening the driver’s-side door.
When Perry opened the door, the driver accelerated, causing Perry to fall to the pavement.
Police were called about 6:45 p.m. and arrested Perry inside a bedroom at 123 Church St.
While in a holding cell, Perry stuffed toilet paper in a toilet and continued to flush, flooding the floor.
A records check revealed Perry was wanted on drunken driving charges that were filed after a traffic stop on Gaylord Avenue, Plymouth, on June 30.
Perry, addresses listed as Gardner Avenue, Plymouth, and Josephs Lane, Wilkes-Barre, was arraigned in Luzerne County Central Court on three counts of disorderly conduct, two counts of harassment, and one count each of criminal trespass, criminal mischief and institutional vandalism. He was jailed for lack of $15,000 bail.
He was also arraigned on charges of DUI, driving with a suspended license and careless driving. Bail on the drunken driving charges was set at $5,000 unsecured.