Mount Pleasant Officer Hit In Face By Angry Driver

MOUNT PLEASANT, WI — Ongoing road construction at the intersection of Highway 31 and Spring St. can get anyone hot under the collar these days, but things got out of hand Tuesday afternoon after an irate motorist hit a police officer in the face.

On Tuesday August 15, 2017 at approximately 1:17pm, Mount Pleasant officers were dispatched to the intersection of Spring St. and Green Bay Rd. for a report of a two-vehicle crash. Within minutes of the first call there were two additional accidents in the same area.

While officers worked to clear the intersection and divert traffic from the area, a resident of the 4700 block of Spring St., who was operating his vehicle, became agitated with officers directing traffic. He yelled obscenities and created a disturbance in public.

The suspect was identified as Charles Haakma, 66 from Mount Pleasant.

Eventually, officers from the Mount Pleasant Police Department with the assistance from the Racine County Sheriff’s Department, attempted to take Haakma into custody due to him creating a disturbance.

During the arrest process, Haakma struck a Mount Pleasant officer in the face. The officer was not seriously injured. After that, he was transported to the county jail. The following charges were referred: Disorderly conduct, Battery of a Police Officer, Resisting / Obstructing.

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