US man to be charged with toilet paper assault

A Framingham man threw a roll of toilet paper at a town custodian because he thought he was inappropriately whistling in a restroom at the Memorial Building, police said. Allen Kerner, 55, will be summoned to Framingham District Court for hitting the janitor in the head with the roll, police spokesman Lt. Ron Brandolini said.

Officers were standing outside, near the Memorial Building's parking lot, when they heard Kerner screaming and saw him being followed by the custodian. "(Kerner) said he was angry about being whistled at," Brandolini said.



The custodian said he went into the men's room at the Memorial Building to change the toilet paper rolls and was whistling as he worked, unaware someone was in the bathroom. As he was working in one of the stalls, he was pelted in the back of the head by a roll of toilet paper, the lieutenant said.

"He turned around, and (Kerner) began yelling at him about whistling and then he fled the bathroom," Brandolini said. Kerner, of 3 Merchant Road, will be summoned to appear in court on a count of assault and battery. It is not known when he will appear in court.