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Officers from the Prince William County Police Department were called to the shopping center in Woodbridge early on Tuesday morning to investigate a reported assault.
They got more than they bargained for.
According to police, while inside the shopping center, Bastic confronted other patrons, striking a 25-year-old man before grabbing a 55-year-old woman and holding a boxcutter to her neck.
She was eventually released, at which point investigators say that Bastic ran into the parking lot and mounted a tractor-trailer, where responding officers were able to initially apprehend him.
He wasn't done yet.
While Bastic was being escorted to a police vehicle, officials say that he had a change of heart and began to resist and attempted to remove an officer's weapon from its holster, though his gambit was short lived and he was re-secured without further incident after the failed try.
There was more.
Bastic is further accused of exposing himself to a 34-year-old woman, teen girl, and an 18-year-old man before damaging property at a jewelry repair kiosk before his antics with police.
Officials made note that there was no physical contact during the indecent exposure incident.
Bastic was charged with:
- Abduction;
- Attempt to disarm a law enforcement officer;
- Attempted malicious wounding;
- Obstruction of justice;
- Assault and battery;
- Destruction of property;
- Three counts of indecent exposure.
He is being held without bond and his next court date is pending.
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