A man accused of tipping over a porta-potty with a woman and her 4-year-old daughter inside in New Hampshire earlier this week faces multiple criminal charges, police said.
Police in Manchester, New Hampshire received a call Wednesday from a young mother reporting she and her 4-year-old daughter were trapped inside a porta-potty at Derryfield Park after a man pushed it over from behind. The pair said they were covered in feces and bodily fluids, according to a statement from the Manchester Police Department.
Officers responded to the scene and spoke with witnesses, who said the man and woman had been arguing near the porta-potty. When the woman went inside to help her daughter, the man allegedly pushed the porta-potty over, causing it to land with the door on the pavement and trapping the pair inside, the department said in its statement.
Bystanders quickly ran over to the overturned port-potty and stood it up, freeing the mother and daughter. They were not hurt, according to the statement.
Through their investigation, police identified the man who allegedly tipped over the porta-potty as 18-year-old Aiden Studer of Manchester. He was arrested and charged with two counts of criminal restraint and criminal mischief, the statement said.
Studer was also charged with simple assault on a police officer. He is accused of throwing something at one of the officers, according to the department.
It appears Studer and the woman and child did not know each other, the department said.
