Public safety reports
Compiled from a Eureka Police Department release:
CROSSBOW-RELATED DUI ARREST: On Tuesday at about 3:28 p.m., Eureka police responded to the 2000 block of Buhne Street in Eureka for the report of a collision involving a moving vehicle and a parked vehicle.
While officers were responding, they received information that the driver of the involved vehicle was possibly under the influence, disgruntled, and was suspected of brandishing a crossbow minutes earlier in the greater Eureka area.
Officers arrived on scene and attempted to contact the driver. The man, later identified as Ricky Arndt, 41, of McKinleyville, was uncooperative and yelled for officers to shoot him.
Arndt failed to follow multiple commands. Based on this and the report of Arndt having earlier been armed with a crossbow, an officer shot the man in the leg with a round from a bean bag shotgun. Police arrested Arndt after a brief struggle.
Arndt was taken to the hospital by ambulance where he continued to be uncooperative with first responders and hospital staff. Police arrested Arndt on suspicion of DUI and felony resisting arrest. When medically cleared, Arndt could be booked into the Humboldt County jail.
A crossbow and machete were found at the scene. This is an ongoing investigation. Eureka police ask anyone with additional information regarding this incident to contact the Eureka Police Department at 707-441-4044.
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