Eric William Perejuan: Geraldton man pleads guilty to obstruct public officer after calling police on self

A Geraldton man called police claiming “he wanted to kill someone” before officers arrived and he tried to headbutt a policeman, a court has been told. Eric William Perejuan, 30, appeared in Geraldton Magistrates Court on Thursday morning and pleaded guilty to obstructing a public officer and disorderly behaviour in a police station or lock-up. A charge of assault public officer was dropped. The court was told Perejuan called the police on December 27 last year, making multiple calls about 1.40am. Police prosecutor Sgt Paul White said Perejuan was “saying he wanted to kill someone”. The court was told when police arrived at the address in Geraldton, Perejuan began to run away but stopped after a few metres before attempting to headbutt an officer. Perejuan was arrested but did not want to enter the police vehicle, and continued to be volatile then demanded police “shoot him in the chest”. Perejuan said to an officer “you are a dumb c...” and punched the doors of the vehicle. Perejuan’s defence lawyer Eva Svanberg said her client was “very drunk and usually doesn’t drink that much” and had an argument with his girlfriend. He was taken to Geraldton police station and spent most of the night in custody. After entering the guilty pleas in court he was fined a total of $300 and given a spent conviction.