BEDFORD – A Bedford man was arrested Saturday after Bedford Police officers were called to the 500 block of Lincoln Avenue after a report of a man in a black shirt being aggressive towards residents.
When officers searched for the man. A group of people in the area of 7th and Q Streets alerted Capt. Dakoda Emmons, the man, was walking south on Q Street.
When 33-year-old Robert E. McKinney II, of Bedford, saw the police vehicle and continued to walk away. Capt. Emmons exited his vehicle and directed McKinney to stop several times, but McKinney refused. Capt. Emmons caught up to McKinney and attempted to detain him but McKinney continued to pull away. Officer Landon Jones arrived and the two took McKinney to the ground and placed him in handcuffs.
Police say McKinney smelled of alcohol. He refused to identify himself and was transported to the Bedford Police Department.
Witnesses told Officer Sarah Haluda that McKinney came into his backyard and saw him out of his window. He says McKinney was waving his arms, motioning for him to come out of the house. He told McKinney to leave his yard and called 911. He left but then reentered the man’s yard.
Another witness reported he and his son were hooking up a trailer when McKinney approached them. He said McKinney told them to “get out of there” which didn’t make any sense to them. They told McKinney he was on private property and needed to leave. He then stepped up to one of the men in a threatening manner several times and was told again to leave the property. McKinney then told the men he wanted to fight and one of the men told McKinney he was going to call the police. One of the men said McKinney said he was going to take them out and then apologized before leaving and walked away.
Robert McKinney faces charges of resisting arrest by fleeing and force, public intoxication, and criminal trespassing and was wanted on an outstanding warrant in Morgan County for failure to appear.
