HAWTHORNE, CA—The fog of war appears to extend to municipal definitions of so-called assaults.
Francisco Carrillo, 38, was apprehended by Hawthorne Police Department officers on Tuesday, September 9 at approximately 9:30 a.m. along the 1000 block of Carson Street in Hawthorne, California. According to police records, the Gardena resident’s encounter was apparently so foggy that no fewer than three officers submitted accounts and were reported in the arrest records made available to the public this week.
In the first account (dated above), Carrillo was charged with five counts and one warrant: attempted robbery (A211PC), obstructing/resisting an executive order (i.e., picketing a courthouse to impeded justice: 69PC), attempted gassing (A243.9(A)PC), assault on a public officer (241(C)PC), assault on a peace officer (240PC) and a warrant issued by Hawthorne Police Department for battery on a peace officer (243(C)PC).
The cumulative bail for the charges and single warrant was $215,500.
In a second account dated September 8 at 9:10 a.m. along the 12500 block of South Hawthorne Boulevard, the same charges were applied save for the “battery on a peace officer (243(C)PC) warrant, which appears to have been redefined as a “battery against emergency personnel (243(C)(1)PC).” The total bail was set at $265,000.
A third police arrest record reflects another angle on Francisco A. Carrillo’s altercation. Dated Thursday, September 4 at approximately 10:45 a.m., the man proclaiming his occupation as “Social Security Income” was apparently arrested at the 11900 block of South Hawthorne Boulevard in Hawthorne for attempted robbery (A211PC). Bail was set at $100,000.
Hawthorne Police representatives, asked about the three arrests of one person made over the course of a week, have not responded.
