Crime & Safety
Spokane Man Locks Self In Locomotive, Keeps Tooting Whistle: Police
Police had to use pepper spray to get the man to leave the train, police reported.
SPOKANE, WA - If you heard a lot of train whistles going off east of downtown on Saturday morning, it's the fault of a man who locked himself inside a locomotive, according to police. Spokane police reported Saturday that they were called to North Helena Street near East Front Avenue around 8:30 a.m. on a report of a man locked inside a train tooting the whistle.
The police found Jeremy Warfield, 40, inside the locomotive. Police say he refused to leave the train and wouldn't talk to police.
After about an hour of talking, the pcShortly after they "introduced" the spray into the cab of the locomotive, Warfield surrendered and left the train.
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Warfield was arrested on suspicion of second-degree trespassing and was taken to the Spokane County Jail, according to police.
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