Darron Bowles made repeated inappropriate comments towards shop workers in Worksop as well as making tongue gestures towards one woman, making her feel uncomfortable, and using threatening language towards others, causing fear and distress.
Bowles, of no fixed address, committed the public order offences between September 10 and September, 14.
After investigating reports of his lewd and aggressive behaviour, officers arrested Bowles in Worksop on September, 10.
The 51-year-old continued to be abusive towards officers after he was taken into custody.
He spat at one of them and urinated in his cell.
Bowles was subsequently charged with a string of offences.
He pleaded guilty to four counts of using threatening, abusive, or insulting words or behaviour, and further counts of racially aggravated public order, criminal damage, and assault by beating of an emergency worker.
Bowles, who was also found in breach of a suspended sentence order, was jailed for seven months and two weeks when he appeared at Nottingham Magistrates’ Court for sentencing on Thursday, September 12.
“Bowles’ persistent disgusting behavior caused significant distress and alarm to innocent women just going about their normal working days,” Nottinghamshire Police Worksop PC Kerry Eames stated.
“His barrage of verbal abuse and egregiously inappropriate sexualized gestures also made them feel intimidated and threatened.”
“We simply will not tolerate this kind of disgusting and insulting behavior in our neighborhoods. No one deserves to be abused in this way.
“Now that he is incarcerated, Bowles has some time to think back on his heinous deeds. As a neighborhood team, we are in the process of requesting a criminal behavior order against him in order to stop and discourage any future offenses.
“I hope the action we are taking offers some reassurance to people in our community that we treat these sorts of offences seriously, and that we will continue to use every tool at our disposal to protect them from harm and prevent offences from occurring.”
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