10 teens arrested after fights

Video reportedly shows teen drawing a folding knife from pocket

Ten teenagers were arrested last week after multiple fights broke out at Ukiah High School, the Ukiah Police Department reported.

According to the UPD, officers responded to the school on Low Gap Road at 12 p.m. April 15 for a report of a fight in the parking lot possibly involving a knife.

During the initial investigation, the UPD reports that no knife was located and school “administrators initially believed that the incident could be handled internally.” However, when a video of the fight surfaced, “the true severity of the altercation was learned.”

The UPD describes the video showing “two Ukiah High School students fighting against one male that was initially unknown to authorities and not believed to be a Ukiah High School student. As the three juveniles engaged in a fistfight, another male could clearly be seen drawing a folding knife from his pocket, opening the blade, and confronting a juvenile with the knife lowered at his side.”

While checking the campus for weapons, campus officials reportedly found “a black satchel … hidden in a trashcan in the immediate vicinity of the fight. Inside the satchel, campus officials found a loaded .40 caliber handgun and what they believed to be crystal methamphetamine,” and the UPD began investigating “the black satchel, its possessor, and how and why it had been brought onto school grounds.

The UPD also reports that “the two juveniles that had been fighting against the solo male were immediately suspended, and one of them was placed under arrest for fighting on school grounds.The other juvenile refused to turn himself in, and

the case will be reviewed by the Mendocino County Juvenile Probation Department for charges against him. Both juveniles, who were students at Ukiah High School are believed by UPD gang experts to be active gang members based on prior knowledge of the juveniles, their clothing, and gang signs being exhibited during the fight.”

The male reportedly seen brandishing a knife was identified by the UPD as Braiden Marshall, 18, of Ukiah, who was placed under arrest for allegedly “threatening with the intent to terrorize, bringing a weapon onto school grounds, and brandishing a weapon other than a firearm.”

The UPD also reports learning that “the third male involved in the fight had brought the satchel and firearm on to campus, and the bag had been discarded after the fight.

The juvenile, a 17-yearold resident of Ukiah but not a Ukiah High School student, was identified based on witness statements and past school records, and was subsequently placed under arrest for being in possession of a loaded firearm and a controlled substance, being a minor in possession of a handgun, possession of a firearm on school grounds and possessing a weapon on school grounds.

Two days later on April 17, officers responded to the school again around 11:45 a.m. for “a physical fight between three juveniles.

While investigating this fight, a second fight occurred involving two other male juveniles.

While investigating the second fight, a third fight broke out between two other female juveniles.”

The UPD reports that the three fights on April 17 “were not associated or connected with (the fight on April 15) in any way. As a result of these three fights, six juveniles were taken into custody for battery on school grounds, and one of the six, a female juvenile had an additional charge of possession of a box cutter on school grounds. All six juveniles were booked at the Mendocino County Juvenile Detention Center.