Originally published as a Crescent City Police Department Facebook post:
“On 6-17-22 just before noon, the Crescent City Police Department received a call for service regarding a subject possibly vandalizing something near the intersection of 7th and H Street.
Chief Griffin responded to the call and located Alonzo Riley, (age 26), walking away from the intersection. Dispatch confirmed that Riley had an active warrant for his arrest. As he was walking across the road Riley pulled out a ball peen hammer from his pants and swung it at a passing car. Riley refused to stop and other officers responded to the scene. Riley was held at gunpoint and taser point briefly until he complied with being handcuffed.
During a search incident to arrest Riley then assaulted officers by kicking them several times prior to being secured in a patrol vehicle. Riley was arrested for his outstanding warrant, along with fresh charges of 69 PC, obstruct/resist, and 417 (a) PC, brandish a weapon. Riley was then booked into the Del Norte County Jail.”
