A 29-year-old Kent man was arrested early Tuesday morning, July 1, 2025, after repeated refusals to quiet down led to multiple 911 calls and a public disturbance charge, police said.
Police said the incident began early Tuesday at around 3:40 a.m. at an apartment complex on Kent’s East Hill, where residents reported a man loudly revving his car and yelling, including use of a racial slur and references to a “shooting.”
Officers arrived to find multiple neighbors awake and standing on their balconies, frustrated by the ongoing noise.
According to Kent Police, the man was “very drunk” and uncooperative despite efforts by both officers and a friend on the phone urging him to go inside. At the jail, he blew a .224 on a portable breath test — nearly three times the legal limit to drive.
“You can be this drunk in your home if you want,” Kent PD stated in a release. “But his proximity to his vehicle that had recently been loudly revving, and his refusal to stop yelling at now 4 a.m. made it a problem.”
“Officers tried everything to get him to go inside and sleep,” police added. “They were patient but firm. They could hear his friend on his phone encouraging him to go inside. He still refused, remained loud and was decidedly not going to allow others to sleep.”
However, he ended up being arrested for causing a public disturbance.
“If you are drunk, try to listen to your friends and neighbors who are telling you to pipe down and go inside,” the department added. “We would rather be out patrolling for DUIs or burglars than giving you a ride to the jail because you’re noisy.”