Desperate Man Arrested After Throwing Traffic Cone Through Fire Department’s Plate Glass Window, Police Say
From the Eureka Police Department:
On
10-2-18 at 8:51 p.m. multiple Eureka Police officers responded to the
front door of Humboldt Bay Fire Station 1 located at 533 C Street for
a report that a male subject had just shattered the front window to
the building and was threatening to harm himself.
Upon
officer arrival, the male was located sitting on the ground near the
front door of the station. He was extremely upset. The male refused
to comply with officer commands and appeared to have an unknown
object in his hand that he was holding to his wrist.
After
a few moments of negotiations, officers were able to approach the
male and he was detained in handcuffs and placed under arrest for
vandalism.
The
male was identified as Ronald Wayne Key, 50 of Eureka, had thrown an
orange traffic cone through one of the large plate glass windows.
Battalion Chief Emmons estimated the cost of the damage at $1,000.
Key
was booked into the Humboldt County Correctional Facility for
594(b)(1) PC and 1203.2 PC. Key was not injured in the incident. Key
has been arrested multiple times by Eureka Police for vandalism. The
most recent incident occurred on 9-20-18 when he vandalized a parked
county owned vehicle in the 700 block of Wood Street.