CRESTVIEW - A man was arrested for pushing a woman after she refused to let him go in her back yard.
On Dec. 3 the woman called Crestview Police about the incident. She said a man she knew asked if he could go in her back yard and look for a pack of cigarettes he left there. She refused to let him because he'd tried to smoke crack in her back yard earlier in the day, she told officers.
The man became angry and demanded to be let in the back yard. The woman said she'd get somebody in her household to look for the cigarettes, but the man pushed her and tried to get in the back yard. She pushed him back and told him to leave. He allegedly pushed her again and told her she'd have to stab him. At that point he managed to get around her and enter the back yard, and she called police.
A witness corroborated the woman's story.
When officers found the man he tried to pull away from them. When he was searched they found what they believe is a crack pipe.
The man was charged with battery, obstruction without violence and narcotic equipment use. His court date is Jan. 15.