A 40-year-old Greensburg man being evicted from his residence under a protection from abuse order Wednesday was arrested on multiple charges after scuffling with three sheriff’s deputies and then exposing himself, according to court records.
Eric W. Cummings was arrested on charges of obstruction of government functions, open lewdness and resisting arrest filed by the sheriff’s department after the 5:30 p.m. incident in his residence on 300 bock of West Otterman Street.
Deputy Bradey Jackson reported in court documents that three deputies went to the residence to evict Cummings as terms of a PFA order filed against him by his girlfriend.
As one deputy attempted to advise Cummings about the terms of the court order, Jackson reported that Cummings refused to listen and repeatedly said: “I’m not leaving my own residence.’”
Deputies allege that Cummings went into a television room and refused to leave. Jackson said that as a deputy again attempted to disclose terms of the PFA order, Cummings left his chair and attempted to climb the staircase to a bedroom.
When Jackson blocked his path, Cummings exposed himself and threatened to urinate on the deputies, Jackson reported.
Deputies then physically took Cummings into custody and handcuffed him.
Cummings was released from the county jail Thursday morning on $25,000 unsecured bond set by District Judge Chris Flanigan.
Sheriff James Albert said two or three deputies are usually sent to serve PFA orders because of the various complexity of the situations involved.
“Sometimes you have to confiscate all the firearms in a residence, if they have any, and they have to be collected and each one logged. We recently had one person who had more than 100 guns that had to be collected, logged and brought here in a van to be stored,” Albert said.
“Most people are almost always cooperative. They may not like it, but they are cooperative. Sometimes it does get tense,” Albert said. “Fortunately, no injuries were suffered by the deputies in this case.”
Flanigan scheduled a preliminary hearing for Oct. 8. Cummings could not be reached for comment. He did not have an attorney listed in court documents.
