Man terrorises Park Gate garage staff in early hours of the morning with windows smashed
Man tackled by police after accessing the rook of a supermarket
A man has been arrested after reportedly smashing a window and then climbing onto the roof of a supermarket before being surrounded by police.
The 26-year-old man of no fixed abode was arrested on suspicion of criminal damage and attempted criminal damage. The incident took place on Bridge Road in Park gate in the early hours of Wednesday, October 7.
Damage was reportedly caused at the BP garage and M&S store with police arriving at the scene to find that the man had climbed on to the roof of the nearby Sainsbury’s where he was shouting incoherently, an eye witness told The News.
A heavy police presence responded to the call with a standoff ensuing as police surrounded the building where the man was. Having made his way back to the ground the man then reportedly caused a further disturbance in flinging products left outside the shop including newspapers.
He was eventually tackled but it took a number of officers to apprehend him as he resisted arrest. The eyewitness said that the window of a nearby shop had been smashed with a brick close by on the floor.
A Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary spokesperson said: “We were called at 1.48am today to a report of a man attempting to break windows of a petrol station on Bridge Road, Park Gate. We were then called about a window being smashed at the Co-op on the same road.
“A man was located on the roof of Sainsbury’s and arrested. A 26-year-old man of no fixed abode was arrested on suspicion of criminal damage and attempted criminal damage. He remains in custody.”