Five Menlo Park law enforcement officials had been injured Saturday while arresting a reported “body builder” who was said to be operating out and in of visitors while bleeding from his head.
Officers initially responded at about 2:24 p.m. to the realm of Hobart Street and Santa Cruz Avenue to examine a report of a shirtless man, later recognized as 45-year-old Johnathan Koehl of Belmont, “acting erratically” within the space, police said.
Arriving officers discovered an “agitated” Koehl in an “altered mental state,” police said. He was additionally affected by a “significant” head wound.
Officers tried to de-escalate the scenario, however Koehl took off, ran by visitors after which tried to break into an occupied dwelling, police said.
After a second de-escalation effort failed, Koehl once more tried to break right into a residence, police said. Officers turned to utilizing a Taser and versatile projectiles to strive to subdue Koehl, however he continued to resist.
Officers struggled with Koehl for greater than three minutes earlier than they had been ready to handcuff him, police said.
Koehl was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening accidents that he suffered earlier than and in the course of the battle with the officers, in accordance to police.
Five officers had been additionally injured and acquired therapy on the hospital, police said. Some of the accidents had been described as being vital however none had been life-threatening. All 5 officers had been ultimately launched from the hospital.
On Sunday, Koehl was taken from the hospital to San Mateo County Jail the place he was booked on a number of fees, together with tried housebreaking, resisting arrest, battery on a police officer and obstructing a police officer, police said.
Before Koehl’s run-in with Menlo Park police, he was concerned in one other incident with Belmont police early Saturday morning, Menlo Park police said.
Koehl ended up going to the hospital, however he later left (*5*) and made his manner to Menlo Park, police said. He was booked on separate fees associated to the incident in Belmont.
