Man charged after urinating on police cruiser

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A Ridgetown man is facing charges after allegedly urinating on a police cruiser.

Police officials say early this morning around 1:30 a.m. an officer was sitting in his fully marked police cruiser in the area of Main Street at Albert Street in Ridgetown where he observed a man exit a local bar.

The man walked over to the police cruiser, looked at the officer seated within the driver’s position and proceeded to urinate on the police cruiser.

A strong odour of alcohol was detected on the man’s breath when the officer approached him.

The 20-year-old man was arrested and charged with being intoxicated in a public place.

He was additionally charged with causing a nuisance in a public place under the Chatham-Kent By-Law.

He was transported to Chatham-Kent Police Service Headquarters where he was held until sober.

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