Bleeding Centralia Man Cited After ‘Bruce Lee’ Kung-Fu Kick of Church Window
Posted: Wednesday, August 8, 2012 11:00 am
By Stephanie Schendel
sschendel@chronline.com
Three Centralia men were cited and released for suspected malicious mischief early Tuesday morning after one of them admitted to police that he “karate kicked” a church window like “Bruce Lee,” according to Centralia police.
Police responded to a call of three male suspects running away after breaking a window on the 200 block of North Washington Avenue at 1:52 a.m. Tuesday, said Sgt. Stacy Denham from the Centralia Police Department.
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The witness, who called 911, heard glass break and saw three men run down the block into an apartment building, where it turned out the suspects all lived, Denham said.
Police contacted three individuals; Christopher T. Baker, 23, Centralia; Aaron M. Perez, 20, Centralia, and Kalin E. Maxwell, 20 of Centralia.
When police contacted the men, they noticed Maxwell, who was shirtless, was bleeding from his hand, chest and from above his ankle.
When police asked Maxwell about how he sustained his injuries, Maxwell allegedly told police he got the cuts from a wrestling match, Denham said.
When that excuse didn’t work, Denham said, Maxwell then told police he fell while “trying to run up a wall.”
When officers pointed out that the cuts weren’t consistent with injuries that could be sustained from wrestling or running up a wall, police said, Maxwell finally admitted that he “karate-kicked the church window like Bruce Lee.”
Maxwell’s friends, Perez and Baker, then admitted to police that they were there when Maxwell kicked the window, and that they were “egging him on to kick the window.”
All three men were cited and released, Denham said.
Police do not believe alcohol or drugs were a factor in the men’s behavior, which reportedly Maxwell admitted was “super idiotic.”