Witnesses subdue drunken vandal

Witnesses subdued a drunken vandal Thursday as he and his partners in crime were in the process of vandalizing a policeman?s home.

The suspect, Dustin Couch, is charged with vandalism and theft as authorities believe he stole a car just before showing up outside Buckingham Apartments with friends to vandalize officer Kenneth Seagraves? apartment.

According to police reports, an apartment supervisor and a witness saw Couch and two or three other people breaking out the windows of Seagraves? apartment. Seagraves was on duty at the time and was obviously stunned to hear his home being given out over police radios as one of the apartments being vandalized.

However, the witnesses did not wait for police to arrive as they collared and subdued Couch, who was in the process of breaking out the windows of another apartment. Couch has taken the rap alone, refusing to give the identities of his co-conspirators who were able to flee on foot as Couch was being taken down. Police think they know the identity of at least one of the other vandals.

In addition to the vandalism charge, Couch is also charged with stealing a car from Rosewood Apartments ? a car police say he apparently wrecked on the way to the site of the vandalism. Police say the car had a damaged radiator and that one of the tires had apparently been driven on the rim for some time.

Couch denies knowing a police officer lived in the apartment he vandalized. If it is determined he was seeking revenge against the officer, he could face the additional charge of retaliation for past actions.