Littering ends in assault, obstruction charge

PULLMAN–Brad Rost, 26, Lewiston, was booked unto Whitman County Jail June 7 after allegedly attacking a Pullman Police Officer who was giving him a ticket for littering.

According to the police report, Pullman Officer Breauna Banks saw Rost throw a fountain drink at a moving car on Grand Ave. Officer Banks noted in the report she had past interactions with Rost, including on her last shift when he was verbally hostile to her afterward. Officer Banks turned around in her police car and saw Rost throw a fast food bag and wrapper into the street.

Officer Banks contacted Rost and told him to pick up his trash or he would be ticketed for littering. According to the police report, he was verbally hostile and began to walk away. Officer Banks attempted to detain him and he hit her in the arm with his fist, then grabbed her. Officer Banks broke away, drew her taser and told him to get on the ground or be tased. Rost continued to argue and then lunged at her with his hands in fists. The taser was deployed and Rost went to the ground. Another officer arrived to assist in the arrest.

Rost was ticketed for littering and booked on charges of assault and obstruction of a law enforcement officer.