Crime & Safety
Drunk Phoenixville Man Busts Sprinkler, Floods Cell Block: Cops
The man destroyed a camera and busting open a sprinkler head, flooding the cell block, police said.
PHOENIXVILLE, PA — A Phoenixville man is facing numerous charges after an aggressive drunk incident in the borough recently.
The incident occurred on Aug. 26 at around 11:27 p.m.
An officer found the suspect, Joshua Deery, 29, asleep on the front lawn of Grace Crossing Church.
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Deery was arrested for public drunkenness and put in a holding cell overnight, police said.
However, once he was behind bars, Deery became "disagreeable," according to police blotters. He damaged the security camera, and then destroyed a sprinkler head, flooding the cell block and causing significant monetary damage.
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Deery was charged with additional counts of vandalism, and he will have to repay the police department for the cost of the repairs and clean up, authorities said.
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