A Pottstown man has been charged with assaulting Upper Darby police officers after he spit in their face.
On Wednesday, police charged John H. Williams, 40, of the 300 block of New Street with three counts of assaulting a police officer, making terroristic threats, disorderly conduct and public drunkenness.
According to the criminal complaint filed by Officer Robert Scott Jr.:
Units were called at 8:43 a.m. to the area of Hillcrest and Fairfax roads for a male walking around yelling.
Police arrived to find a man in white shirt and gray shorts walking in the 400 block of Irvington Road talking to himself and possibly under the influence of something.
When police made contact with Williams he became very aggressive and angry.
Police determined him to be under the influence of narcotics and placed him into custody, sitting him on the curb until a transport vehicle arrived.
While waiting, Williams spit on an officer’s boots.
Police said Williams continued to show signs of being under the influence with his aggressiveness towards Officers and foaming at the mouth.
While being placed in the transport vehicle, Williams spit on the arm of another officer, and stated, “I’ll kill all you mother ******”
At the police station Williams again threatened officers, and as they placed him in a cellblock Williams spit directly in the face of an officer, hitting him in the eyes and mouth.
Williams was arraigned before District Judge James Merkins who set bail at 10 percent of $100,000, which Williams was unable to post and taken to the Delaware County prison. A preliminary hearing before Merkins is scheduled for June 7.
“Mr. Williams found out that assaulting a police officer comes with severe consequences,” Police Superintendent Timothy Bernhardt said. “If anyone decides to attack any of our police officers, they will be introduced to the criminal justice system.”