Buffalo man arrested after allegedly threatening North Charleston officers
A 45-year-old man was arrested after a gas-station disturbance in which officers say he fought with an officer and repeatedly threatened to kill police.
North Charleston Police say they arrested 45-year-old Adam Charles Carota of Buffalo, N.Y., after responding to a report of a man cursing and causing a disturbance at a gas station on Ashley Phosphate Road. Officers say Carota refused to provide ID, advanced on an officer and briefly struggled before being restrained; during a search near a patrol vehicle he allegedly threatened to kill officers multiple times. He was charged with Breach of Peace and Threatening the Life of a Public Official and taken to the Al Cannon Detention Center.