When a Bloomfield man suspected of leaving the scene of a crash was taken into custody, he allegedly headbutted the window of a patrol car, shattering the glass and leaving a hole the size of a human head.

Carry Joe Cassidy, 33, of Bloomfield, was first arrested on May 11 by Deputy Camron Frye of the Greene County Sheriff’s Department. After he bonded out then was a no-show at his initial hearing, he was arrested last Thursday for the second time by GCSD Deputy Heather Wood.

The crash occurred in the area of the Sharkey Curve east of Bloomfield earlier this month.

On Friday night, May 10, Deputy Frye, the investigating officer, was dispatched to a crash in the area of State Road 54 east of Bloomfield and Sharkey Road where a passerby saw a vehicle in a ditch and stopped to help. When the passerby called the sheriff’s department, the caller said there were no injuries.

When Deputy Frye arrived around 10:30 p.m., he found a maroon Dodge Caravan halfway in the ditch on the side of the intersection of the highway and Sharkey Road. It appeared the Caravan had left the eastbound lane of the highway, drove into the ditch then came back out of the ditch and hit the stop sign on Sharkey Road. The Caravan’s front end and the entire driver’s side were damaged as well as the driver’s front tire.

Around the vehicle, there was a car seat and bottles and when Frye talked to the passerby, she said a blonde woman had been standing near the Caravan with a baby on her hip. The woman allegedly told the passerby not to call police. By the time Frye arrived, the driver and any passengers from the vehicle had all left the scene.

A records check revealed the Caravan was registered to a woman in Bloomfield so Deputy Frye asked a Bloomfield police officer to do a welfare check on children. After calling a wrecker, Deputy Frye also went to the Bloomfield address. When he got there, BPD Officer Jordan Allor was talking to Carry Cassidy. Frye reported that when he asked why the Caravan was wrecked at Sharkey Road, Cassidy said, “It’s definitely wrecked.”

Frye said Cassidy allegedly explained, without being asked, that he was driving and another vehicle was coming into his lane so he kept moving over but they collided. Frye told Cassidy he didn’t collide with another vehicle but with a stop sign.

Frye reported Cassidy showed signs of being intoxicated, had slurred speech, trouble keeping his balance and trouble keeping track of his own thoughts and what they were talking about.

In a probable cause affidavit prepared by Frye, he details in several long paragraphs how their conversation deteriorated and how the story kept changing. Finally, Deputy Frye advised Cassidy they could start over and he needed to stop lying about what happened, or they could continue to dig holes. Cassidy allegedly responded by saying, “Let’s dig holes….”

Cassidy was then advised he was under arrest for leaving the scene of an accident. Cassidy is accused of resisting arrest as Officer Allor assisted with taking Cassidy into custody and escorting him to Frye’s patrol vehicle as Cassidy continued to attempt to pull away.

Allegedly, Cassidy then managed to headbutt the rear trunk window of Frye’s patrol vehicle while saying an obscenity.

To explain what happened, Deputy Frye wrote in his narrative, “I looked over after Carry struck my window the first time. I then saw Carry headbutt my window again and the window shattered, causing Carry’s head to enter the trunk of my vehicle.”

Frye said after Cassidy’s head went through the window, they heard Cassidy saying, “Yeay, f___ you.”

Officer Allor then removed Cassidy and placed him on the ground.

Frye wrote, “I observed a hole the size of a human head in the rear trunk passenger side window of my patrol car. I notified Chief Deputy Dallaire of the situation. EMS was also notified to evaluate Carry.”

By the time Deputies Zachary Goad and Davis Aerne arrived on the scene to assist, Cassidy was claiming an officer had intentionally slammed his head through the window.

Cassidy was transported by the Greene County Ambulance Service to Greene County General Hospital where he was treated, released, then transported back to the Greene County Jail.

Cassidy was first booked into jail at 4:36 a.m. on Saturday, May 11. His bond was set at $2,000 surety with ten percent cash allowed. He posted $200 cash, was released the same day and scheduled to appear in court for his initial hearing on Thursday, May 16.

Cassidy failed to appear for the hearing so a warrant was issued for his arrest.

At some point between his first arrest and his second, he was also arrested in Monroe County. He appeared in court there on Tuesday, May 21, and was charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated, endangering a person less than 18 years old, a Level 6 felony.

Then last Thursday, May 23, Cassidy was taken into custody by Deputy Heather Wood and booked into the Greene County Jail again. This time his bond was set at $5,000 surety with ten percent cash allowed and he posted $500 cash and was released the same day.

Cassidy’s initial hearing has been rescheduled. Now, he’s due to appear in court this Thursday morning, May 30, to be charged with:

• Leaving the scene of an accident, a Class B misdemeanor,

• Resisting law enforcement, a Class A misdemeanor, and

• Criminal mischief, a Class B misdemeanor.

According to Deputy Frye, Cassidy’s medical records and test results will be subpoenaed for possible additional charges involving operating a vehicle while intoxicated.