01/08/2018-At approximately 10:30 A.M., Mt. Carmel Police responded to the 200 block of McDowell Street in reference to a male subject waving a large metal pole in the roadway. Police arrived on scene and found a window broken out of the old Big Jons Lunch Box and a 10 foot pole in the roadway. Police then located the suspect, Christopher J. Perry, age 33, of Mt. Carmel in the area of Cherry and McDowell. Perry was yelling and cursing in the roadway when police located him. After a brief struggle police were able to place Perry under arrest. Perry was transported to the Wabash County Jail where he was charged with criminal damage to property (felony), disorderly conduct, and resisting a peace officer. Perry was held pending the posting of bond.
