September 14, 2009 Security officers caught in near riot www.privateofficer.com
Vellajo CA Sept 14 2009
Vallejo police arrested five people Sunday evening after a near riot at the Marina Vista Apartments.
Officers responded to the complex at 201 Maine St. after receiving a frantic call from a security guard’s cell phone calling for help in the laundry room, police said.
Upon arriving on scene, officers saw at least three people in a heated physical fight with two security guards inside the laundry room, which officers discovered locked, police said.
One of the security guards managed to unlock the door, and Vallejo officers rushed in and began to handcuff and detain the combatants, police said.
However, as officers began arresting the combatants, between 75 and 100 people began streaming out of the complex and acted in a hostile, threatening manner toward the officers, police said.
Officers called for all available units as backup and requested mutual aid from the Solano County Sheriff’s Office.
During the melee, a female juvenile allegedly punched one of the security guards, police said.
As officers tried to control the crowd, one of the handcuffed suspects appeared to be reaching for an object in his front waist area, police said. An officer saw the movement and tried to retrieve the object. The suspect struggled, but the officer was able to recover a loaded handgun, police said.
The suspect, Auntario Sullen, 20, of Hercules, was also found with a large amount of cash and individually packaged marijuana, police said.
As police investigated the incident, they ascertained that the two other suspects in the laundry room had broken into the room in an attempt to save Sullen from a citizen’s arrest by one of the security guards, police said.
After officers arrested the three initial suspects, they managed to quell the crowd, police said. Later, upon learning the female juvenile’s identity, officers returned to the complex to arrest her, police said.
The juvenile’s family was also allegedly combative with police, and another melee ensued, police said. A second female was also arrested after fighting with officers, police said.
The incident remains under investigation.
Vallejo police arrested five people Sunday evening after a near riot at the Marina Vista Apartments.
Officers responded to the complex at 201 Maine St. after receiving a frantic call from a security guard’s cell phone calling for help in the laundry room, police said.
Upon arriving on scene, officers saw at least three people in a heated physical fight with two security guards inside the laundry room, which officers discovered locked, police said.
One of the security guards managed to unlock the door, and Vallejo officers rushed in and began to handcuff and detain the combatants, police said.
However, as officers began arresting the combatants, between 75 and 100 people began streaming out of the complex and acted in a hostile, threatening manner toward the officers, police said.
Officers called for all available units as backup and requested mutual aid from the Solano County Sheriff’s Office.
During the melee, a female juvenile allegedly punched one of the security guards, police said.
As officers tried to control the crowd, one of the handcuffed suspects appeared to be reaching for an object in his front waist area, police said. An officer saw the movement and tried to retrieve the object. The suspect struggled, but the officer was able to recover a loaded handgun, police said.
The suspect, Auntario Sullen, 20, of Hercules, was also found with a large amount of cash and individually packaged marijuana, police said.
As police investigated the incident, they ascertained that the two other suspects in the laundry room had broken into the room in an attempt to save Sullen from a citizen’s arrest by one of the security guards, police said.
After officers arrested the three initial suspects, they managed to quell the crowd, police said. Later, upon learning the female juvenile’s identity, officers returned to the complex to arrest her, police said.
The juvenile’s family was also allegedly combative with police, and another melee ensued, police said. A second female was also arrested after fighting with officers, police said.
The incident remains under investigation.
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