Bjorn J. Stotser, a jail guard, harassed people at his apartment complex, police say. (Mug shot: St. Charles County by way of KMOV)
A jail guard in Missouri is accused of harassing a neighbor, going as far as to bring up his own job and sic his dog on the man.
Bjorn J. Stotser, 40, is charged with two counts of second-degree harassment, fourth-degree assault, and resisting arrest, according to CBS St. Louis affiliate KMOV.
Cops in St. Charles, Missouri, claim that a neighbor at an apartment complex in the 800 block of Park Court said that he was cleaning out his van Tuesday. That’s when Stoster went up to him with a husky-type dog in tow.
“Do you know who I am?” the defendant allegedly said.
The victim said no. Stotser allegedly allegedly described himself as a corrections officer and the canine was a drug-sniffing dog, the latter of which was false.
After Stotser asked if the neighbor had drugs in the vehicle, the neighbor said for him to look, police said. But when Stotser allegedly threatened to call the cops if the neighbor did not leave the complex.
The victim demanded that he not speak to him that way, and Stotser answered by charging at him, with the dog also jumping on him aggressively, police reportedly said.
Cops said that Stotser denied the allegation to them at his apartment, but officers were later dispatched to the same complex because he allegedly got in a woman’s face, cursing at her for contacting police in the first place.
Stotser is also accused of telling someone ‘What are you going to do about it?’ and chest bumping them after they told him to leave the office, cops said.
Stoster is on administrative leave and held at the Warren County Jail, St. Charles County Department of Corrections Director Daniel Keen told KMOV.
“You are correct, a corrections employee was arrested while off duty for his misconduct in public,” he said.
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