Drunk Kaunas firefighter breaks into garage and assaults homeowner

A drunk firefighter-rescuer with the Kaunas Fire and Rescue Board broke into a stranger’s garage and assaulted the homeowner overnight from Friday to Saturday, LRT reported.

Police said the suspect kicked in the door of a man’s home in Čebeliškės village, Kaunas district, at about 2.30am on October 17. The homeowner, born in 1969, did not seek medical attention for the physical pain caused by the assault.

The suspect, born in 2001, had a blood alcohol level of 2.20 per mille and was taken into custody. A pre-trial investigation has been opened under Article 140, Part 1 of the Lithuanian Criminal Code on causing physical pain.