Police Officer Assaulted By Man Dancing on Guardrail

An Andover man is arrested and charged with assault and battery on a police officer after an early Thursday morning incident on Commerce Way.

An Andover man was taken into custody early Thursday morning after assaulting a police officer. Kevin Julian Kobler, 22, of 5 Wagon Wheel Road in Andover, was arrested and charged with assault and battery on a police officer and resisting arrest shortly before 1 a.m. Thursday. According to police, Officer Jerome Gately was dispatched to the Marshalls warehouse on Commerce Way after security guards reported seeing a “suspicious” man on the property. Officer Gately said the guards told him the man was “acting very strange and appeared to be confused.” “They said the man was dancing on guard rails and told them that they were not better than him,” reported Officer Gately. When the patrolman approached Kobler in his cruiser, the 22-year-old …

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