MELBOURNE, Fla. A man who was apparently upset about being arrested repeatedly flushed the toilet in his cell until it flooded the area then made a death threat toward the officer who took him into custody, according to the Melbourne Police Department.
Police said a man flagged them down Wednesday on Longwood Boulevard to let them know that a man later identified as John Adams, 40, had just stolen his Schwinn bicycle from his garage.
Police said they located Adams nearby and took him into custody.
Once placed in a cell in the booking area, Adams became extremely irate, started banging on the cell doors and then flushed the cell toilet repeatedly until the booking room flooded, according to the affidavit.
As Adams was being taken to the Brevard County Jail, he berated the officer with racial and homophobic slurs.