Man arrested after patrol car fracas

A Wasilla man allegedly caused $2,000 damage to a patrol car Sunday morning after an Alaska State Trooper gave him a ride to a local motel.

On Sunday morning, a concerned citizen reported Donald K. Glenn, 46, had been wandering around in the woods by the Rainbow Street subdivision since about 7 a.m. that day. Glenn was reportedly intoxicated and was screaming, yelling and stomping around in cowboy boots.

When Trooper Eric Spitzer arrived, Glenn peacefully accepted a ride to the Roadside Inn, where he said he had friends. For the one-and-a-half-mile ride there, Spitzer cuffed Glenn's hands and placed him in a prisoner lap restraint but did not arrest him, said trooper spokesman Greg Wilkinson.

"The suspect was not acting in a normal manner," Wilkinson said. The restraints were deemed necessary for safety, he said.

Spitzer went into the Roadside Inn to see whether it would be alright to leave Glenn there. While he was inside, someone told the trooper that Glenn was destroying the interior and rear side window of the vehicle.

In about 60 seconds, Glenn allegedly kicked the window, bent the window frame six inches, and chewed the rubber foam padding off the lap restraint bar, Wilkinson said.

Spitzer used pepper stray to subdue Glenn, who was placed under arrest on suspicion of first-degree criminal mischief and disorderly conduct, for allegedly challenging Spitzer to fight. When Spitzer searched Glenn, he found a trace amount of marijuana in a pipe, according to trooper reports.

Glenn was taken to Mat-Su Pre-Trial Facility and held there in lieu of $500 bail.