By Trina A. San Agustin
Variety News Staff

A FIREFIGHTER of the Guam Fire Department was arrested Wednesday morning for allegedly assaulting a police officer.
Guam Police Department public affairs officer Allan Guzman said Johnny Reyes Newby, 47, of Talafofo, assaulted a police officer at Agueda Johnston Middle School.
GFD spokesperson Phyllis Blas said the fire chief was aware of the assault.
“The GFD internal affairs section will conduct a full investigation of the incident,” Blas said.
It is still unknown whether Newby will be placed on administrative leave while the investigation is being conducted.
“At around 9 a.m. Wednesday, Newby went to the school to pick up a relative (a student attending the school) who was caught on campus with drugs,” Guzman told Variety.
When Newby arrived at the school, he became upset with school officials about the situation.
“He got unruly at faculty, started to yell, and made a scene when officers responded to take care of the situation. He didn’t want to calm down, continued being unruly, and started to fight with officers. A struggle ensued even after they told him to calm down,” Guzman added.
Newby was charged with obstruction, disorderly conduct, harassment, assault on a police officer, and resisting arrest. He was booked and confined. He was due for a magistrate hearing yesterday but as of press time, the details of the hearing were not available.
Information on whether Newby was under the influence of alcohol was not known to police as tests to determine such were not administered.