SANTA ROSA, Calif. (KRON) – A man was arrested following a traffic stop for possession of a firearm Friday, according to Santa Rose Police Department.
Shortly after 11 p.m., a police officer conducted a traffic stop for a mechanical violation near Bennet Valley Road and South East Street. As the officer approached the vehicle, they noticed a strong marijuana smell coming from the car.
The driver, Daniel Reyes admitted to having an open container of marijuana and refused to step out of the vehicle. After refusing to come out from the car again, the driver was placed under arrest.
A hidden switchblade was found on the 23-year-old as well as a switchblade knife in the driver’s door. Officers then located a zippered bag container, a loaded black revolver, two loaded speed loaders, and 41 loose rounds.
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Reyes was arrested for possession of a switchblade, resisting arrest, possession of a firearm and carrying a firearm that is concealed.
PETALUMA, Calif. (KRON) -- A man was arrested for assault with deadly weapon, violation of probation, and fleeing police on several occasions, according to the Petaluma Police Department.
On Thursday at around 12:28 p.m., Smart Code Compliance officers reported to PPD of a male who attempted to assault them when they tried to remove him from SMART train tracks. The suspect, Matthew Bowe, reportedly picked up large rocks at began to throw them at the SMART officers, narrowly missing them, police said.
Petaluma officers arrived and attempted to detain Bowe, however he fled the scene. Officers were unable to locate him after an extensive search. About four hours later, an officer located Bowe as he was walking along NB Highway 101 near West Sierra Drive in Cotati, according to police.
After yelling at officer, Bowe ran up a nearby hill and ran in an eastbound direction towards the City of Cotati. Bowe was pursued by officers for nearly half a mile through elevated terrain, a residential neighborhood, and a nearby creek, police said.
Police said officers drew their tasers and warned Bowe several times to comply. After refusing, an officer deployed his taser, which struck Bowe, but was ineffective, according to police.
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Bowe then fled over a fence and was eventually stopped in the 100 block of Cervantes Drive in Cotati with the help of Cotati Police Department. Bowe was placed in a restraint device after refusing to listen to officers and physically fighting them, police said.
After being placed under arrest, Bowe was found to be on active felony probation out of Sonoma County. He was booked for the following charges: assault with a deadly weapon, resisting a police officer, felony violation of probation.
AUSTIN (KXAN) — A video taken of an arrest in northeast Austin appears to show an officer punching a woman several times as she's restrained on the ground.
The incident happened after Austin police say in an arrest affidavit that she refused to get up from the ground at an Austin shopping mall, in addition to scratching one of the officers.
According to the affidavit, Simone Nicole Griffith, 26, was seen camping/sleeping on the side of the Carousel Pediatrics-Springdale building in the area of 7112 Ed Bluestein Boulevard on Oct. 30 at around 5:15 p.m.
APD reports a criminal trespass notice was issued by a security guard for the complex, but Griffith still refused to leave. The responding officer says she still refused to get up and was aggressively cursing, saying "Shut the f--- up, I ain't doing nothing. I know the m-----f-----g law, b----!" The officer says because of her behavior, he called for a second unit to report to the scene.
The officer says he indicated to Griffith that she was under arrest and she said, "No I am not. I don't have to get up for you. You are not the law, b----."
When additional help arrived, the officer says he and another officer tried getting Griffith up from the ground, but she wouldn't. The officer says at this point, they were trying to place handcuffs on her while she was on the ground but she pulled her hands away and then hit and scratched his face.
"[We] proceeded to tell [Griffith] not to resist but she kept fighting back," the affidavit reads.
At this point in the video, one of the officers can be seen punching Griffith at least five times in the upper body.
The affidavit claims officers "ultimately had to use force to apprehend her even though Nicole was already notified that she was under arrest."
In the affidavit, he claims Griffith's scratches resulted in a 1/2 inch bloody laceration to the left side of my cheek, in addition to kicking my torso/hip area."
Griffith is charged with misdemeanor resisting arrest and criminal trespassing. Griffith has been arrested several times in the past and has been charged with resisting arrest in another Texas city.
A use of force expert's opinion on the video
A use of force expert KXAN spoke with said all law enforcement agencies have an investigations process related to violations in department policies or use of force incidents, he said.
Typically, it involves the agency's internal affairs department investigating the incident and sending a finalized report to the officers' higher ups, including any recommendations for discipline if the department feels that is justified.
He said the police chief makes the ultimate decision on whether an officer is disciplined, and what that disciplinary action would entail. He added that a video doesn't provide all the details related to what happened between officers and the people they're interacting with and that use of force decisions are made in real time based on present circumstances.
KXAN has reached out to Austin Police Department for comment. We'll update once we hear back.
