BEDFORD – A Bedford teen was arrested after Bedford Police officers responded to a report of a physical altercation at Kentucky Fried Chicken on James Avenue on Wednesday, April 26
According to police, while en route at 5:30 p.m. officers were told 18-year-old Kolbie Wright had left the restaurant in a black Kia.
When police arrived at the restaurant they spoke to three females who were involved. They told police that Wright had been following them and they stopped at Kentucky Fried Chicken to get help. The females told police they pulled into a parking spot and Wright ran up to their vehicle and punched the window and then opened the driver’s door and punched the female driver in the face.
Wright then got into the back seat and grabbed one of the females by the neck and began choking her. The female driver attempted to get Wright off the female he was choking and while doing so Wright punched her in the side of the neck.
After getting off of the female, Wright took that female’s phone and threw it outside of the car damaging the phone. He then damaged the rear driver’s side door getting out of the vehicle.
The victims filed a battery affidavit.
On Friday, April 28th, Wright came to the Bedford Police Department to speak to officers. He told police that he and his mother have been having ongoing issues with the females. He told police that before he and his mother began following the females they had been following them. He said the females were throwing things at their vehicle and damaging it. Wright and his mother followed the females to KFC and confronted them. He told police at first they were just talking, but he did admit he punched the driver’s side window and then ripped the door open. He admitted getting into the back seat and taking the female’s phone and throwing it.
Wright denied touching or harming any of the females.
Police arrested Wright on charges of resisting arrest, strangulation, battery resulting in bodily injury, and criminal mischief.
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