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AFTER walking into the Albury Police Station and asking to be locked up on Friday, Anthony Pike urinated, vomited and chewed on a mattress before swinging at police and being hit with capsicum spray. It was unclear why the 27-year-old Lavington man went into the station to hand himself in. He had been on bail for domestic violence matters since October 31, and was also under probation supervision. He breached two conditions of his bail by drinking a bottle of wine and breaking his 9pm curfew to visit the police station. “Lock me up, I’ve been drinking,” he said after walking up to the front desk about 10.20pm. He admitted to drinking the wine, with checks confirming the bail breach, and he was arrested and put in the dock. The Desmond Street resident – who was living in housing commission flats in Thurgoona Street – urinated several times while swearing at police. He had to be moved from the dock and placed into a cell, where he drank a large amount of water about 10.50pm. He put his fingers down his throat and vomited, which he repeated soon after. Police asked if he wanted a blanket, but Pike said he would tear his mattress to pieces and put it into his mouth. Officers went in to remove the mattress but Pike was laid out with his hands behind his heads. When they grabbed his arm, he stood up, took a few steps and tried to punch a senior constable with a roundhouse swing. The officer ducked with the punch glancing the top of his head. A violent confrontation ensued with three police needed to subdue the 27-year-old near a pool of vomit. He was eventually brought under control by a two-second burst of capsicum spray. Pike appeared before Albury Local Court on Monday with a shaved head and goatee, and pleaded guilty to two counts of resisting police. The appearance was made through a video link to Junee jail. Pike appeared to be far more sedate and calm than his antics only a few days earlier. He has charges of contravening an apprehended violence order and destroying or damaging property pending. He will be sentenced on January 18 and did not apply for bail. Magistrate Tony Murray ordered a report be prepared to see if there were any alternatives to full time jail.

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