Accused vandal booked on intimidation charges

A Bloomington man was arrested Saturday night after officers received a complaint that he was going to vandalize a car. \nWilliam Ford, 60, faces preliminary charges of intimidation, resisting law enforcement and disorderly conduct, Bloomington Police Department Sgt. Jeff Canada said, reading from a police report. \nAt approximately 5 p.m. Saturday, officers were dispatched to the 1200 block of W. 11th Street after the complainant called police and said Ford had threatened to vandalize her car, Canada said. When officers arrived, they saw Ford walking toward the complainant’s house with a gun. \nOfficers confronted Ford and learned the weapon was actually a BB gun, Canada said. Ford initially resisted arrest but was taken into custody. \nFord was transported to the Monroe County Jail.