Man charged after threatening protesters outside Vince’s Crab House with baseball bat

On June 25, Police in Baltimore County reported that they arrested a man in front of Vince’s Crab House in Middle River after he threatened demonstrators outside of the crab house with a baseball bat.

Police say that on June 20, their suspect, 52-year-old Keith Francis Duvall of Landsdowne, Maryland, appeared intoxicated.  Duvall had gotten into a verbal altercation with the demonstrators in the 600 block of Compass Road at 5:16 p.m. 

After that verbal altercation got more heated, Duvall went to his car and retrieved a bat.

Protesters have been demonstrating outside of the restaurant since the beginning of June after its operator, Vince Meyer, made racist comments on social media, mocking the Black Lives Matter movement. ~ WBAL-TV

Officers were already present and intervened when Duvall approached the demonstrators with the bat.  After detecting the odor of alcohol on Duvall’s breath, he was administered sobriety tests and placed under arrest without incident.

Police charged Duvall with two misdemeanors: second degree assault and disorderly conduct, He was also charged with driving under the influence of alcohol.  Duvall was transported to an area hospital for treatment of an undisclosed medical condition and released on his own recognizance on June 24 following a bail review hearing.

There are five Vince’s Crab House locations; and all stayed closed for more than a week following the owner’s racial remarks.  Vince Meyer later told The Baltimore Sun that he had “a ton of remorse” for the racist comments he made.

(Source: Baltimore County Police)

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