A man with an air horn that sounds like a train has allegedly been terrorizing the residents of El Segundo, California, for weeks, and
police have just made an arrest after finding the man accused of the
noise with air horn equipment inside his car.
The noisy bust came early on Sunday, specifically 4am, around the time
many of the alarmingly loud incidents would occur.
"The sound is like a train coming through the neighbourhood," said
El Segundo Police Lt. Ray Garcia.
Often, officers couldn't catch the air horn blower because the person
would blare the horn and then "beat feet." At times, officers on the
east side of town could hear the noise and would hurry over, only to
find that the person had taken off.
On Sunday morning, officers heard the noise that's been plaguing
residents on the west side of the city for weeks.
Police had received numerous reports of an extremely loud air horn going
off, then residents would spot a car, a blue four-door sedan driven by a
man.
Officers heard the horn, then directly afterwards made a traffic stop.
After pulling over a blue 2006 Chevrolet Aveo, they spotted air horn
equipment inside the car.
The commotion drew several residents from their homes, claiming they
were victims of the air horn aggravator.
They initiated a citizen's arrest.
John W. Nuggent was then taken into custody by police. He
was booked at El Segundo jail on suspicion of disturbing the peace and
his car, with horn inside, was impounded. The charge was a misdemeanor.
Garcia said the air horn aggravator has been sounding his horn almost
every single night.
"He's been doing this for weeks, and we've been chasing him for weeks,
but we got him," Garcia said.
Garcia said they aren't exactly sure why the man allegedly has an "axe
to grind," but believe that he thinks someone in the area has wronged
him in some way, and this was his way of getting back at them.
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