MAN
CLAIMING TO BE “GOD” ARRESTED
William Lathan Reynolds is in jail on
several charges including spitting at
police officers.
By
Jon Mayhew
LINCOLNTON – A Lincolnton
man tells authorities that a West Water
Street man pulled a sword on him out of a
cane, calling himself “God.” By
late Thursday night, “God” was
in custody after he spit and cursed
authorities in a government building.
A chain of incidents ended with William
Lathan Reynolds ending up in jail on
several charges.
Starting around 1pm, Reynolds told police
he was approached by a Broome Street
resident in the parking lot of the
Lincolnton Farmers Market on West Church
Street.
In the first encounter with law
enforcement, Reynolds claimed he was
pushed down after telling Thomas Ford he
was looking at a truck and that Reynolds
was “God.”
Within an hour, Sgt. John Caudle
encountered both Reynolds and Ford again.
Caudle said that Ford, meantime, observed
Reynolds “messing around”
several cars in the parking lot.
Around 6:45pm, Officer Mark Sain
responded to a residence on Bonview
Avenue, after Reynolds tried to break
into the residence.
“The resident and the witness told
the suspect to leave,” said Sain.
Reynolds wasn’t leaving without a
fight, however, as he broke the glass out
of the front window of the residence.
“The suspect left on foot and was
located at the One Stop at the
intersection of West Main Street and
North Grove Street,” said Sain.
Reynolds was arrested and taken to the
Lincoln County Magistrate’s Office,
where he became disruptive, cursing at
officers and spitting on the floor.
Besides charging Reynolds with attempted
breaking and entering as well as injury
to real property, Officer Sain charged
Reynolds with being intoxicated and
disruptive.
As Sain was leaving with Reynolds,
Reynolds began spitting in Sain’s
patrol car. When Sain confronted the
suspect, asking him to stop spitting in
the officer’s car, Reynolds spit on
Sain.
Officer Sain and Lt. Kenny Shrum took
Reynolds back to the magistrate’s
office, where Reynolds spit on Lt. Shrum.
“After the incident, Sgt. Jeremy
Wilson put a mask on Reynolds,” said
Sain.
Reynolds also faces charges of two counts
of malicious conduct by a prisoner. He
was taken to the Harven A. Crouse
Detention Center under a $2,300 secured
bond.
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