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Drunk caller hassles police

28 Jan, 2012 01:00 AM
IT was a case of Australia Day celebrations turning sour for a Urana man who tried to punch a police officer after making an incessant series of phone calls to the duty sergeant in Albury on Thursday night.

Brett Ian Michael Edmunds was drunk and made 25 phone calls in a 30-minute period to Albury police station, wanting to know the whereabouts of his de facto who had earlier cut her arm.

The senior officer contacted his counterpart at Urana just after 11.10pm to advise of the menacing calls impeding officers from receiving calls and attending to the public at a busy time.

Just as the Urana officer was taking the call, he heard footsteps on the porch at the police residence, followed by banging on the walls and front door.

When the officer opened the front door, Edmunds tried to punch him and was arrested and handcuffed.

He got a trip into Albury and was remanded in custody after being charged with four offences.

Edmunds, 32, of Woodhouse Street, appeared in Albury Local Court yesterday and pleaded guilty to trespassing, using a carriage service to harass, resisting arrest and continuing offensive behaviour after a move-on direction.

Magistrate Gordon Lerve fined Edmunds $300 for the trespassing and offensive behaviour matters.

He was put on 18-month bonds for the other two charges.

Earlier, officers were called to a Urana residence in relation to a domestic dispute.

They spoke to Edmunds and his de facto partner about 10.20pm.

Both were drunk and police noticed a small, but deep cut to the woman’s left upper arm.

She said there had been an argument, she was locked out and cut her arm while trying to get in through the lounge room window.

Police put her in their vehicle and told Edmunds she would be would taken to hospital.

He became argumentative, refused to comply with a direction to move on and began banging on the side of the car.

There was a confrontation with police before the officers drove off.

He then began his barrage of phone calls.

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