Drunk Kaunas firefighter breaks into garage and assaults homeowner

A drunk firefighter from the Kaunas Fire and Rescue Board broke into a stranger’s garage and assaulted the homeowner early Saturday, LRT reported.

Police said the incident happened at about 2:30 a.m. on October 17 in Čebeliškės, a village in Kaunas district. The suspect kicked in the door of a garage at a home and beat the 1969-born homeowner, who did not seek medical attention.

The 2001-born firefighter-rescuer was found to have 2.20 per mille of alcohol in his blood and was detained in a police lockup. Police have opened a pre-trial investigation into causing physical pain under Article 140, Part 1 of the Lithuanian Criminal Code.