FOXBORO, Mass. — An off-duty police officer was taken into custody after authorities say he urinated on a woman at the Kenny Chesney concert at Gillette Stadium on Saturday night.
Shane Lynch, of the Cranston Police Department, was arrested on charges of disorderly conduct and destruction of property, according to the Foxboro Police Department.
Officers responding to the concert’s sandpit area for a report of a man who urinated on a woman’s shoes around 9:15 p.m. located Lynch, who appeared to be “extremely intoxicated,” Foxboro police stated in an arrest report.
“When I stood in front of Shane, his zipper was down and his shorts appeared wet,” an officer wrote in the report. “The victim stated she was standing in the sandpit area and felt something wet spray her leg. She looked down and saw Shane urinating on her shoes.”
The victim reportedly asked Lynch, “Did you just pee down my leg?” Lynch allegedly responded, “I did?”
Police said Lynch then walked away from the victim and “tried to blend in with the crowd.” The victim alerted security and Lynch was ultimately taken into custody by uniformed officers.
The victim also told police that her leather Ariat cowgirl boots “smelled of urine and were ruined.” She reportedly valued them at $180, stating she had recently purchased them for the Chesney show.
In a statement, Cranston Police Chief Michael Winquist told Boston 25 News that his department was aware of Lynch’s arrest and an “administrative investigation” is underway.
“All Cranston police officers recognize they are held to a higher standard and are required to act professionally both on and off-duty,” Winquist
said. “Failure to adhere to this expectation will result in discipline.”
Lynch agreed to pay $100 in court costs to have the case dismissed and was also issued a trespass order by stadium security,” WJAR-TV reported.
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