KINGMAN – A Kingman man spit on a police officer following his arrest over the weekend. Deputy police Chief Joel Freed said officers responded right about midnight to a report of a man screaming profanities while walking in the vicinity of Rutherford Street and Beverly Avenue.
Freed said 38-year-old Justin Welch refused to exit the roadway and was placed in custody early Saturday, Sept. 14.
“While completing paperwork Welch spat at one of the officers, striking him in the face,” Freed said. Welch was reportedly booked into the Adult Detention Facility for disorderly conduct, obstructing a public thoroughfare and aggravated assault on a police officer.
Dave Hawkins
