Thurston County Sheriff’s Office (TCSO) arrested a suspect believed to have mental health issues when they assaulted deputies after refusing to obey a court order “for mental health treatment for being gravely disabled.”
On January 14 at ten in the evening, TCSO responded to a call for assistance from a designated crisis responder (DCR) tasked with facilitating the suspect's evaluation due to concerns regarding his mental health.
According to the police report, the 6’3” younger adult man is said to have delusions and aggressive behavior.
Multiple attempts by DCRs to assess the individual in the preceding weeks had been met with resistance.
However, armed with a court order authorizing the individual's involuntary commitment to mental health treatment, TCSO deputies arrived at his residence to assist the DCR in carrying out the evaluation.
The parents of the said individual accommodated the responding deputies when they arrived at their residence.
“The parents advised that their son was in his bedroom, and they did not think he would be willing to come out if they tried to get him. They said that they had taken his only pocketknife away from him a few weeks ago, and they were not aware of any other weapons in the bedroom,” TCSO stated in their police report.
Upon reaching the individual's bedroom, deputies encountered immediate resistance as he forcefully shut the door.
The deputy standing by the individual’s bedroom window observed that the individual was “standing at his bedroom door, which deputies were attempting to open. The door was blocked by a large punching bag,” TCSO added.
Despite repeated requests to cooperate and engage in dialogue, the suspect did not respond, even turning on music to drown out attempts to talk to them.
As deputies attempted to open the bedroom door, the individual punched through the door, narrowly missing a deputy's face.
Despite warnings, the suspect continued to resist, grabbing and pulling at the shield being used by the deputies and attempting to strike them.
In response to this situation, another deputy was able to open the bedroom window and deploy a taser, which did not incapacitate the subject. After some more back and forth with the shield, leading to the suspect's eventual compliance and arrest.
“[The suspect] stuck both his hands out of the doorway with his wrists together like he was giving up,” TCSO reported, adding that he was taken into custody and transported to Thurston County Jail, where he faces two counts of third-degree assault.
One count stemmed from punching through the door, endangering the safety of the deputies, while the second count was drawn from the suspect’s pushing and pulling on the deputy’s shield and reaching over the shield to attempt to hit the deputy’s face.
“The DCR advised that a follow-up with the suspect in jail will follow for a mental health evaluation,” added TCSO in the police report.
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Honestyandrealityguy
I ask myself, "are there any people incarcerated that do not have mental issues?".
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