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Police Ticket Man for 'Woo-ing' Down Main Street

Bridgeport man gets ticketed for creating a public disturbance.

Stratford police last week ticketed a Bridgeport man for allegedly screaming "wooooo" while traveling as a passenger down Main Street.

Police said 18-year-old Deshawn Fields started "screaming wooooo at the top of his lungs" at the intersection of Main Street and Barnum Avenue.

An officer on patrol in an unmarked police vehicle reportedly followed the car to Stratford Center, where police said Fields lunged out the car window and shouted the same cry at restaurant patrons.

"Several people were disturbed over his disturbing behavior," according to the police report.

Fields then proceeded to scream at a bicyclist, "startling him and causing him to almost lose control," police said.

The officer following Fields turned on his emergency lights and asked the Bridgeport man to exit the vehicle, according to the report.

Asked why he was screaming out the car window, Fields reportedly told police he "was just being stupid for no reason."

He was ticketed for creating a public disturbance.

T Peterson July 24, 2012 at 01:35 pm
i've seen people do a lot worse in public and not get a ticket..,get a life people, he's still young and will do stupid things that he will look back later and laugh at.
Robert Chambers July 24, 2012 at 01:59 pm
This is news?
Alex July 25, 2012 at 05:35 pm
I wonder how many baby boomers did similar stupid things when they were this guy's age and the police shrugged if off as shenanigans. This just reeks of police state mentality considering the officer was following him in an unmarked vehicle (doesn't this officer have more important issues to handle?) A simple, "knock it off" buddy would have been sufficient IMO.
SILENT WOLF July 26, 2012 at 04:26 am
Acting civilize would be a start, he's not a young kid . sounds like he could be a problem .????
Barb July 28, 2012 at 03:35 pm
Are you kidding? Gas powered grass trimmers are 20 times the volume.
RW July 28, 2012 at 06:34 pm
cops have nothing better to do??? I guess they have to fund their lifetime pensions and healthcare somehow...pathetic.
Whitesnake July 29, 2012 at 03:54 pm
He deserves the ticket for not finishing the yell with HOO ! With all the crimes in the world this is one of the worse. Good thing the cops don't go to ball games. It's okay to yell inside a ball park but illegal on the street?
Johnny Walker July 29, 2012 at 04:46 pm
This is pathetic! Screw that if the kid wants to scream out the window let him do it. You cops are pigs

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