By Jim Clark

Somerville Police officers were dispatched to Connecticut Ave. location in the early morning hours of last Sunday on reports of a dispute.

Upon arrival, the officers met with the reporting party, who stated that he was asked by a friend to pick up a man, later identified as Frandy Ramirez-Rodriguez, in Boston at the train station and give him a ride home to the Connecticut Ave. location.

Once they reached the location, Ramirez-Rodriguez reportedly had the reporting party stop nearby, and the reporting party asked Ramirez-Rodriguez to get out of the car. At first he did not, but he finally exited the vehicle.

As the reporting party started to drive away, he heard a loud smash at the back of his car. He immediately pulled over and got out of his car to check what happened. He observed his taillight on the driver’s side to have been smashed, and he asked Ramirez-Rodriguez what happened.

At this point, Ramirez-Rodriguez came approached the reporting party and reportedly put his arm around his neck from the side. The reporting party was able to separate himself from Ramirez-Rodriguez and called 911.

The officers attempted to speak with Ramirez-Rodriguez about what had taken place. At first he was quiet and didn’t say anything, but when he was asked what happened he pulled out his phone and started to record the officers as he asked for their names and badge numbers numerous times.

The officers asked for Ramirez-Rodriguez’s ID several times and he refused, saying that he did not need to identify himself. The officers attempted to explain to him that he did in this matter because of the damage to the vehicle.

Ramirez-Rodriguez then got a phone call from his “girlfriend” and he placed her on speaker phone. An officer attempted to introduce himself to her and explain the situation and that if Ramirez-Rodriguez did not provide his identification he was going to be placed under arrest.

Once Ramirez-Rodriguez heard this he said he was going to call her back and hung up the phone. The officers then asked a few more times for his ID, which he refused to provide.

Police then told Ramirez-Rodriguez that he was now under arrest and to place his hands behind his back. As an officer grabbed his left wrist, he reportedly tensed his whole body and refused to place his hands behind his back. He attempted to pull away from the officers and pulled them into the passenger side of reporting party’s car.

The officers were able to guide Ramirez-Rodriguez to the ground, where he kept resisting their attempts to place him in custody. At one point he grabbed the handcuffs so that he could not be placed in them.

The officers were eventually able to secure Ramirez-Rodriguez a short time after that. During the whole struggle, he was screaming at the top of his lungs and his actions caused several neighbors to turn their lights on or open windows to observe what was going on.

While in handcuffs and still laying on the ground, Ramirez-Rodriguez reportedly continued his tumultuous behavior by screaming profanities at the officers and trying to kick at them. They were eventually able to place him in leg irons to stop him from kicking.

When the police transport vehicle arrived, Ramirez-Rodriguez reportedly refused to get into the back of it at first, but the officers were finally able to get him seated. He was transported to the Somerville Police Headquarters for booking, but he refused and reportedly continued his tumultuous behavior

Police located a cologne bottle in the middle of the road where the reporting party’s vehicle was when he heard the smash before pulling over.

Once back at the station, Ramirez-Rodriguez reportedly continued his riotous behavior by screaming and refusing to be booked. He was then placed in a cell in order for him to calm down. While in the cell, he continued the same behavior, also kicking the door of the cell numerous times. He also took toilet paper and attempted to block the drain of the sink to flood the cell.

Ramirez-Rodriguez was eventually booked on charges of resisting arrest, malicious damage to a motor vehicle, and disorderly conduct.