Woodland police arrested a man who allegedly assaulted a firefighter Tuesday during a confrontation at a busy intersection.
The incident occurred shortly after 8:30 a.m. at Springlake Court and Pioneer Avenue, where according to the Woodland Police Department, the suspect was blocking traffic “when fire personnel attempted to contact him and advise him to get out of the intersection for his safety.”
“The subject refused to leave the intersection and then physically assaulted one of the firefighters on scene,” police said in a post on the department’s Facebook page. He then fled toward the Food-4-Less parking lot, where he “began to vandalize a vehicle with a camping pole, causing thousands of dollars’ worth of damage. The subject also struck a firefighter with one of the poles.”
Firefighters were able to detain the man, who was arrested once officers arrived on scene. Not yet positively identified by police, the man was booked into the Yolo County Jail on charges of assault with a deadly weapon, felony vandalism and felony assault on a firefighter.
Nobody involved in the incident received injuries requiring medical treatment, police said.