A woman called police at 6:49 p.m. Wednesday to report that the windshield on her vehicle was smashed sometime after 4 p.m. while it was parked at Mill River Recreation Area, 95 Montague Road. Police determined the windshield was struck by a hard object, though officers were uncertain if that object was a baseball from the nearby ball fields or a rock intentionally thrown at the vehicle.
Ryan C. Currie-Huggard, 35, a resident of Northampton Lodging, 129 Pleasant St., Apt. 34, was arrested at 4:12 a.m. Thursday after passersby reported he was lying in the middle of Pleasant Street — shouting, flailing and refusing to get off the ground, police said. When an officer attempted to pick him up, Currie-Huggard resisted, again dropping to the ground. An officer pepper-sprayed him once, and Currie-Huggard cooperated, police said. He faces charges of disorderly conduct and resisting arrest, according to police.
David Ortiz, 30, who lists his address as the streets of Northampton, was arrested about 5 p.m. Wednesday on a warrant issued by Eastern Hampshire District Court for charges of violating probation and shoplifting. An officer who recognized Ortiz and knew he was wanted on a warrant, spotted him sitting outside Northampton Lodging, 129 Pleasant St., police said.