47-year-old Joseph Mannion was seen on September 4th, causing a disturbance inside the Oscar’s Taco Shop on Centennial Boulevard. It was reported that while Mannion was there, he aggressively approached and shoved a man named Joshua Clegg. Following the altercation with Clegg, Mannion reportedly grabbed a bottle of hot sauce and hurled it across the store, where it struck Daniel Menjivar behind the cashier’s counter.
On the same day, Mannion made contact with Marshia Bender at the White Bison Coffee Shop. While on the patio, Bender explained that when Mannion approached her, she ignored him. She stated that this led to Mannion becoming visibly upset to the point that he started yelling and cursing at her. After this, Mannion picked up a chair and acted like he would hit her with it. A witness of the altercation, Davis Bennet, told officers he was nearby while the incident occurred, so he approached Mannion. Once Mannion made contact with Bennet, he put the chair down and punched him in the arm.
While responding to the incident at the White Bison Coffee Shop, officers observed Mannion walking next to Laverte’s Liquor Store on 51st Avenue North. When officers approached Mannion and told him to stop, he instead chose to run away, initiating a pursuit. During the chase, Mannion spun around to face pursuing officers with his fist clenched. Officers reported that they had to use force to put Mannion into handcuffs. Despite this, Mannion refused to stand up and get inside the patrol car. Mannion was then forced inside and transported to booking, where he was charged with four counts of assault and one count of evading arrest, resisting arrest, and disorderly conduct on September 5th.