FeedsMan charged after nail gun assault
A man wielding a nail gun on the top of a newly-refurbished building allegedly fired several nails at a group of union protesters, police said.
Brad Bilbrey, 25, of Romulus, was working on the top of a building on the 27500 block of Pennsylvania Street near Heatherway Street on June 29 when a war of words broke between him and a group of unionized construction workers, said Sgt. Jeff Lazarski of the Romulus Police Department.
“The conflict appears to have been over non-unionized construction workers working at the site,” he said. “An argument broke out, and he allegedly fired two nails from the gun toward the protesters.”
No one on the construction site was hurt during, police said.
One of the protesters called police after the incident, and officers interviewed several witnesses who said the nails were fired at the protesters, police said. Police later took Bilbrey into custody after the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office issued a warrant for his arrest.
Bilbrey was later charged with one count of misdemeanor assault at the 34th District Court in Romulus. He was released on bond, and will return to the court for a pre-trial examination on the charges in two weeks.
If convicted on the charges, he will face serving up to 90 days in jail for the infraction.
Protests are sporadic at the building site. Other than this incident, there have no recorded incidents at the site since the beginning of the protest, according to police records.
