Natick Man Slaps Cops, Falls On Face: Framingham PD

FRAMINGHAM, MA — A Natick man was arrested after slapping officers during a bizarre traffic stop, a report says. Robert Gerrig, 59, was found by police after a caller told dispatch a car on Concord Street, heading towards Hollis Street, had hit a curb and had a flat tire.

The MetroWest Daily News reported police as saying the officer found Gerrig driving a Volkswagen Jetta driving on three rims sparking. When he was pulled over, he seemed "disoriented and said he did not know he was driving with flat tires," police said in a report, the Daily News reported.

Police didn't believe Gerrig was intoxicated, the report says, but did think he was impaired somehow. He treid to walk away, telling the cops he didn't do anything wrong.

The police tried to search him, but he kept slapping their hands away, the Daily News reported police as saying. They cuffed him, but he struggled and fell face first onto the ground, causing a laceration around his eye.

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The Daily News reported one officer had an injury to his finger.

Gerrig was arrested with assault and battery on a police officer, resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and driving to endanger, the report says. He was released without bail and is due in court on Jan. 14.

See the MetroWest Daily News report here.

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