A Pennsylvania man
was arrested on first-degree assault and other charges this week
after arguing with a security guard at a north-end condominium,
banging on a window
causing
it to break, and then picking up a large shard of the broken
glass and attempting to stab the guard with it.
Around 3:30 a.m.
last Sunday, an OCPD officer responded to the Golden Sands
condominium near 109th Street for a reported
malicious destruction of property. Upon arrival, police
encountered a man sitting on the curb in front of the lobby with
blood on his clothing and a large laceration on his arm. The
man, identified as Brian D. Wampole, 42, of Douglasville, Pa.,
told police he broke the window during an argument with a
security guard and apologized several times for his actions.
When police went
inside, they observed the sliding glass window that separated
the front desk area from the rest of the lobby had been
shattered and observed blood droplets all over the lobby area.
The security guard had cuts on his face and arms from the
shattered glass. At that point, Wampole was arrested for
malicious destruction of property and reckless endangerment, but
more serious charges were added when the security guard told his
version of the events.
The security
guard told police after Wampole broke the window, he picked up a
large, triangular piece eight to 10 inches long and tried to
climb through the hole in the glass. Wampole allegedly reached
his arm through the hole up to his shoulder and lunged at the
security guard with the large piece of glass and threatened to
kill him. The security guard said Wampole had “the wildest look
on his face” and he was certain he would have killed him if
another man he was with hadn’t interceded.
When questioned
about the incident, Wampole acknowledged a piece of glass might
have fallen into his hand and he might have made a motion toward
the guard with the shard of glass. After listening to the
testimony of those involved, police also charged Wampole with
first- and second-degree assault.
