Crestview man arrested in probation office lobby

A Crestview man with a warrant for his arrest was taken into custody in the lobby of the state probation office.

The warrant was for violating the terms of his probation, according to an arrest report from the Crestview Police Department.

When a police officer arrived, he found the man standing in front of the state probation facility. The man gave his first name when the officer asked. He also complied when the officer asked him to step inside the building.

The 22-year-old’s probation officer came out of his office and informed him that he had violated his probation and that there was a warrant.

The man struggled to break free as he was handcuffed and “began to lunge toward the front door of the building,” the arrest report stated. The officer held on to the man’s cuffed left hand and the probation officer grabbed the free right hand.

The officer told the man to stop resisting then “pressed (him) into the wall of the building in an attempt to restrain him,” the report said.

The man stopped resisting and said, “I’m not gonna. I’m not.” He was charged with resisting without violence, a misdemeanor.