Man allegedly attacks after unwanted wakeup call
A man who was identified as Kyle Plummer is facing aggravated battery charges after he allegedly attacked his mother when she tried to wake him up.
On March 21, around 8:30 am, Gallup Police Officer Darius Johnson was dispatched to 511 N. Fourth St. after Metro Dispatch received a call about a man being held down and restrained by a family member.
When Johnson arrived at the house he met with the victim, who said her son, Plummer, 26, attacked her. Her other son reportedly had to help her by holding Plummer back.
The woman closed the front door to let Johnson in, and that’s when he saw the two men lying on the ground behind the door. Johnson picked Plummer off the floor and placed handcuffs on him before taking him to his patrol car.
When Johnson asked Plummer what happened he said that he’d gotten off work and was trying to sleep when his mom was “talking sh*t.” Plummer said he got mad because he was trying to sleep and “she wanted to be loud.”
He reportedly grabbed a broom and ran at the victim but did not hit her with the broom. He instead decided to throw a T.V. and yell at her.
According to Johnson’s report, Plummer kept referring to his mom as “a snitch.” He also said that since she’d called the police he was going “to do something.”
When Johnson spoke to the victim, she explained that she’d been cooking breakfast and had yelled out to her kids that the meal was ready. A moment later Plummer came into the kitchen wielding the broom and yelling “I’ll show you what I do to snitches.”
The victim confirmed that Plummer hadn’t hit her with the broom, but he did grab her hair and throw her to the ground. She stated that her other son came into the room and held Plummer down until he changed his attitude. Eventually Plummer said he would stop and his brother let him go.
But things only escalated from there.
Plummer went back into his room, but then came out and walked into the victim’s room. He allegedly threw a weight at her T.V. and shattered the screen. The T.V. is estimated to cost about $2,500.
After Plummer threw the weight at the T.V. his brother grabbed him again and held him down. But when he let him go again, Plummer went into the living room and threw down the flat screen T.V. that was in that room. The second TV was later checked by police officers, and no damage was done to it.
The two men began fighting after Plummer threw the second T.V.. The victim said she tried to get around her sons, but Plummer grabbed her hair and punched her in the face.
According to his report Johnson noticed that the woman had some swelling and bruising under her left eye.
Plummer was charged with aggravated battery against a household member and criminal damage to property of a household member. His preliminary examination is scheduled for April 10.
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