Public urination, obscenity leads to two arrests

Posted 10/24/19

Two Powell men wound up being arrested Saturday evening after they reportedly relieved themselves in front of a downtown bar.

The incident took place around 6 p.m., when Robby A. Brown, 38, and …

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Public urination, obscenity leads to two arrests

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Two Powell men wound up being arrested Saturday evening after they reportedly relieved themselves in front of a downtown bar.

The incident took place around 6 p.m., when Robby A. Brown, 38, and Michael Collingwood, 31, allegedly urinated on Collingwood’s parked car on North Bent Street.

Responding Powell police officers issued the men misdemeanor citations for public urination, which might have ended the incident. However, things escalated after police discovered that Brown had an active warrant out of Evanston’s Municipal Court for failing to pay $1,625. When Brown was taken into custody, Collingwood reportedly became upset and began swearing loudly.

The officers warned Collingwood that he was breaching the peace, but the man “told us that we could not arrest him for using foul language” and reeled off four unprintable swear words, according to an affidavit from Powell Police Officer Dustin Del Biaggio. After more swearing, Collingwood was arrested and taken to the jail in Cody to await an appearance in Park County Circuit Court.

Collingwood pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of breach of peace on Monday and was released on six months of unsupervised probation. Brown was freed that same day after someone paid what he owed to the City of Evanston.

Saturday’s incident in downtown Powell began when a caller reported that two men were urinating on a vehicle near the Red Zone Sports Bar and Grill. The suspects had left by the time police arrived on scene, but Officer Del Biaggio “observed two puddles of liquid” beneath a red Hyundai sedan.

The officers entered the Red Zone and saw Collingwood and Brown, who matched the descriptions given by the caller.

Del Biaggio cited the pair for public urination, directing them to make a later appearance in Powell Municipal Court, and arrested Brown on the Evanston warrant. Collingwood then began raising his voice and using foul language within earshot of several passersby, Del Biaggio wrote.

He said the officers warned Collingwood to watch his language, but the swearing continued. Collingwood also reportedly made a crude comment about how he could raise the money to bail out Brown

“... we explained that the judge ordered the bail amounts, and we were obligated to make an arrest for an outstanding warrant,” Del Biaggio wrote. “Michael [Collingwood] then yelled ‘f— the judge’ several times, as multiple people were in earshot of us.”

At that point, Collingwood was placed under arrest. As part of his sentence for breach of peace, he must pay $505 in court-ordered fines and charges. While on probation, he must obey the law and abstain from alcohol and bars, among other conditions; Collingwood could face up to seven additional days in jail if he fails to follow those requirements.

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