Police Blotter: Scuffle in District Court Sends Suspect Back to Jail

Repeated warnings to contain verbal outbursts were no good in a magisterial district court hearing on Cricket Avenue last week, when the defendant had to be restrained after profanity laced outbursts and an in-court scuffle with local police.

Scott Cohen, a 20-year-old Bryn Mawr resident had been previously arrested for alleged trespassing. While in court for a preliminary hearing on Feb. 3, the judge warned the suspect to control verbal outbursts, but he did not, according to a Lower Merion police report released on Monday, Feb. 7.

Instead, Cohen swore and moved toward the complainant, who was in the room. Police moved in to intercept the man, and a scuffle ensued, according to the police report. Cohen was eventually restrained.

He was taken back to the Montgomery County Correctional Facility in Lower Providence Township. Charges are pending but may include disorderly conduct and resisting arrest, according to the police.

In other police news, a homeowners on the 300 block of East County Line Road in Ardmore saw that three of the home's windows has been shot out with a BB gun, according to the police report. The damage was noticed at about 8:10 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 31.

Police also reported that on Wednesday, Feb. 2, a worker at the Wachovia bank on St. James Place in Ardmore found pry marks on the ATM vestibule door at about 10:42 a.m. No suspects have been identified.

And on Saturday, Feb. 5, local police arrested a male 57-year-old resident of Lakeside Road in Ardmore for public intoxication after being found on the sidewalk on Rittenhouse Place at about 1:45 a.m. The man refused to take a breath test to determine blood-alcohol content levels.