A man was arrested after allegedly throwing his bike at passing cars, trying to fight bystanders and resisting officers in the 300 block of South Madison Street on July 28.
Branda (Brandy) Mann, who called dispatch about 6:30 p.m., told investigating officer Andrew Archer that the suspect had thrown his bike at her car multiple times before throwing it at another car. He also attempted to fight with other individuals nearby.
Archer said Mann was shaking and “distraught.” Mann pointed out the suspect, who was later identified as Sterling Wero, walking westbound on Fourth Street. Wero was throwing his hands in the air and screaming as he walked.
Mann later told Archer that she had been driving south on Madison Street when she saw Wero walking down the middle of the street with the bicycle. To avoid hitting him, she stopped to allow him to get out of the road.
Wero then threw his bike at her car. She backed up to avoid the bicycle, and he picked it up and threw it at her car again. A black car tried to go around them, driving north, and Wero threw his bike at that car too, the police report said.
When Mann called dispatch, Wero reportedly began “threatening and yelling” at people standing in their yard on Fourth Street. People had come out to observe what was going on, Mann said.
As Wero turned north on Washington Street, Archer attempted to speak with him. Wero continued screaming and yelling obscenities.
When asked by Archer why he tried to fight with people on the street, Wero didn’t answer, instead, throwing his bike at Archer.
Then, he opened a double shooter bottle of alcohol and drank it in the middle of the street before picking up his bike and walking down the street.
Archer told Wero to stop, but he ignored his commands and continued walking away. Officers Taylor Marston and Kolton Guttridge responded to help Archer take him into custody.
Wero reportedly resisted officers, requiring them to get him on the ground and “wrestle his arms behind his back to cuff him.” Officers placed a leg strap on Wero after he tried to kick at them.
At the Montezuma County Detention Center, Wero tried to kick officers, requiring them to lift him into Archer’s patrol truck each time they had to transport him in and out of the vehicle.
“When I pulled him back in at the hospital, Sterling pushed his body and head against my head and pinned me against the back of the cage,” Archer said.
Archer had to apply pressure to Weco’s jugular notch to get away from him.
Once they arrived at the jail, deputies had to carry him into the cell. The bike was left in the bike rack outside of the jail.
Later, Brittany Wero called dispatch, saying that Sterling Wero had taken the bike from her house without her permission.
