HILLSBORO – Police arrested and jailed a 42-year-old man for littering after he threw down a ticket forbidding him from riding light rail, then angrily told off the officer who wrote the ticket.

Euphemistically speaking, Christian Alan Fletcher told the Hillsboro policeman that he would seduce the officer's wife and place the barrel of the officer's firearm ... well, where the sun doesn't shine, police reports show.

The incident began at 4:10 p.m. Wednesday, when Fletcher, who is from the Florence area, was seen yelling and screaming with another rider of the Westside MAX at the

platform.

Based on what the officer saw, he wrote Fletcher a ticket, barring him from MAX trains for 90 days, said Lt. Michael Rouches, spokesman for the Hillsboro Police Department.

"We can see from the reports that he (Fletcher) is argumentative by nature," Rouches said.

Fletcher walked a few feet after getting the ticket, then threw it on the ground, according to the officer's reports. The officer advised Fletcher that he couldn't ignore the ticket, which would let Fletcher ride the train for 11 days until the restriction was processed. Eventually, the officer insisted that if Fletcher didn't pick up the ticket, he would be cited for offensive littering.

At that point, according to Rouches, Fletcher swore at the officer and made the comments about the policeman's wife, and the officer's horse – which Rouches said the patrolman didn't have – followed by the suggestion of where the officer could best secure his weapon.

Fletcher was arrested on accusations of offensive littering and criminal mischief. He was booked in the Washington County Jail in lieu of $2,500 bail.

Rouches withheld the name of the policeman, citing privacy concerns for the officer's wife.

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