Sheboygan. WI (WHBL) – By the time a sheriff’s deputy was dispatched to the Sheboygan County Detention Center on October 27, 2015, Tyler M Metzner was in the process of trying to take out a video camera that was located inside his jail cell.
Metzner is behind bars this time for allegedly threatening numerous people at random in late September outside Vreeke’s Tavern on Michigan Avenue. Witnesses told Sheboygan Police that Metzner was seen carrying a switchblade knife, and was heard yelling that he was going to, “Kill the cops.”
According to a criminal complaint filed in Sheboygan County court, on this past Tuesday, a deputy observed Metzner punching the camera inside his cell while watching a security monitor that is wired to the camera system.
A worker at the detention center says that the attack on the camera system capped off days of erratic behavior by Metzner. That is apparently what led workers to request a deputy to be dispatched to the facility that evening.
Metzner is accused of destroying a sprinkler system located in his cell by ripping the head off the sprinkler.
The deputy entered Metzner’s holding cell to interview him about the damage to both the camera and the sprinkler system and Metzner denied having any involvement. He reportedly told the deputy, “N***ers did it.” Workers at the detention center however say that Metzner was the only person confined in his cell at the time the damage was committed.
As a deputy continued to interview Metzner, he reportedly admitted to destroying the sprinkler system because he was “bored.”
Metzner now faces charges ;of interference with firefighting along with one count of criminal damage to property, two counts of felony bail jumping, and six counts of misdemeanor bail jumping. He could face nearly 20 years in prison for the combined charges if convicted.