‘Explosive anger disorder” heard in court

A Springfield man whose family once described him to police as suffering from “explosive anger disorder” reacted loudly Monday to a judge’s order that he be held for lack of $25,000 bail.

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Wayne Johnson of Springfield appears in White River Junction criminal court Monday before his angry outburst in the holding area. Photo: Eric Francis/Staff PhotoPublished July 15, 2015 in the Rutland Herald ‘Explosive anger disorder” heard in court By ERIC FRANCIS CORRESPONDENT WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A Springfield man whose family once described him to police as suffering from “explosive anger disorder” reacted loudly Monday to a judge’s order that he be held for lack of $25,000 bail. Wayne Johnson, 38, had listened calmly as his public defender entered innocent pleas to two felony counts of first-degree aggravated domestic assault. But moments after he was led out of the courtroom he could be heard yelling obscenities and slamming cell bars. “The record shall reflect that there is a bit of a disturbance in the holding cell area,” Judge Robert Gerety said from the bench as loud thumps and bangs could be heard coming through the wall directly behind his seat. “Is the security staff comfortable proceeding?” Gerety asked a deputy sheriff who was standing nearby. When the officer indicated the situation was contained, Gerety resumed the afternoon’s hearings, punctuated at intervals by muffled shouts and thuds. Springfield Police Officer Steven Neily said Johnson was arrested after an investigation into reports that he had been stabbing walls and furniture with a large hunting knife during a heated argument in his apartment. He also threatened to decapitate a family member if they tried to get a restraining order against him, Neily said. Police were unable to find the weapon, but the affidavit noted Johnson was wearing an empty knife sheath on his belt. A woman told police Johnson “has been using heroin, bath salts and meth (and) has many mental disorders and is unmedicated,” Neily wrote. The woman said, “Wayne has many knives on him and is not in his right mind. All should be cautious around him.” Johnson was sentenced to serve three months in jail last year for resisting arrest in December 2013 when police said he threatened officers with a crossbow, a chainsaw, a can of gasoline and a lighter and a knife in the span of a few minutes.