They say he showed ‘overwhelming strength’ during struggle
A Wind Lake man who kicked two sheriff’s deputies was apparently so high on drugs that he didn’t recall the mayhem he created during a 15-hour ordeal for law enforcement.
Once Donald Frasier, 25, slept off the effects of drugs, he was told what he had done and he began to cry, according to the criminal complaint filed against him June 1 in Racine County Circuit Court.
Frasier is charged with two counts of battery to a law enforcement officer, possession of an illegally obtained prescription, possession of a controlled substance, attempting to spit on an officer and two counts of disorderly conduct.
Deputies were initially sent to the B-Lazy Diner, 7910 S. Loomis Rd., Wind Lake, for a report of two men who were being disorderly.
A deputy who responded to the scene saw the suspects’ vehicle in an adjacent gas station and stopped to speak with the men.
The deputy noted the passenger was outside the van “stumbling around” without his shirt on. The driver, Frasier, “seemed very out of it as well. His eyes were glassy and extremely sleepy looking, he spoke slow with slurred speech (and) everything about him appeared numb,” according to the complaint.
Based on the condition of the men, the deputy called for a drug-sniffing dog, which indicated the presence of illegal substances, the complaint alleges. Deputies searched the van and allegedly found a powdery substance in a strip of tin foil suspected to be acid, a prescription bottle with 33 alprazolam/Xanax pills and 25 adderal capsules, and 1.58 grams of marijuana, according to the complaint.
Frasier allegedly admitted the substances were his and also admitted that he had driven to the gas station from the diner, prompting the deputy to suspect him of impaired driving.
When told he was being arrested for operating while intoxicated, Frasier became belligerent and swore at the deputy and attempted to spit on a police officer, who was assisting, according to the complaint. Once he was placed in the squad car, Frasier allegedly began kicking the dividing window.
He was taken to a hospital in Racine for an evidentiary blood test and on the way passed out and had to be assisted into the hospital because he was not able to walk on his own, according to the complaint.
Deputies had to repeatedly wake Frasier to read him his rights concerning the blood draw. He was then taken to another area of the hospital for a medical screening and release that would allow him to be booked into the Racine County Jail, according to the complaint.
Once told he would be taken to jail, Frasier tensed up and allegedly attempted to ingest a suboxone strip he pulled from the pocket of his sweatshirt. Deputies grabbed both of his arms to stop him, but Fraiser began screaming and resisted their attempts.
“Donald had super overwhelming strength and his whole demeanor changed,” according to the complaint.
The deputies tackled Fraiser, but he responded by kicking one deputy in the abdomen and another in the shin, which sent the deputy “flying out of the hospital room,” the complaint alleges.
A deputy Tased Frasier and he fell back to the floor, but continued fighting until a third officer stepped in to help bring him under control.
One deputy reported that her leg was going numb after being kicked in the abdomen and the other reported a golf-ball-sized contusion on her left shin, according to the complaint.
The jail would not accept Frasier because of his state of intoxication, so he was sent back to the hospital where he was allowed to sleep it off while accompanied by a deputy.
The complaint alleges that Frasier intentionally fell back on a deputy and forced her into a metal detector while law enforcement personnel attempted to handcuff him at the jail for the return trip to the hospital.
A preliminary hearing in the case is set for June 10.
For additional news from Racine County Courts see the June 3-4 editions of the Waterford Post, Westine Report and Burlington Standard Press
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