Christmas may not have been too jolly for a Swampscott, Mass., man this year after police there arrested him and charged him with playing Christmas music too loudly.

Police arrested Arnulf Simmon, 67, of 50 Puritan Road #2, on Dec. 21 after neighbors complained about the loud carols and an officer had to be dispatched to the address twice, the Lynn Daily Item reported.

The police officer said he could hear the music when he responded to the neighbor's call and said when he asked Simmon to turn it down, Simmon allegedly said, "I'm treated better by Communists."

When Simmon failed to turn the music down after the second request, the officer said he thought it would make sense to take him into custody.

He was released on bail a few hours later after being charged with three counts of disturbing the peace, a civil rights violation and criminal harassment, the Daily Item said.

source: The Boston Channel

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