A Fremont man was arrested early Monday morning after leading Fremont and Union City police in a pursuit that lasted several hours and ended on the rooftop of an unoccupied two-story home.
Police said it took more than four hours and the use of non-lethal weapons to convince Daniel Baughman, 35, to come down from a rooftop on the 32700 block of Hanford Court in Union City.
According to Lt. Ben Horner of the Union City Police Department, Baughman was on a three-day methamphetamine binge and was taking off his clothes, howling at the moon and throwing large roof tiles at police officers.
Baughman's episode of street carnage began late Sunday night in Fremont where he was spotted running through the streets, shouting and disturbing residents. Fremont police gave chase but he managed to evade them near the Fremont-Union City border, Horner said.
Hanford Court residents later reported a man trespassing in the neighborhood and climbing on top of the home at about 1:20 a.m. Monday morning.
Fremont police also heard the call and assisted Union City officers, Horner said.
“The officers were pretty resourceful,” Horner said of their use of non-lethal force. "No citizens were hurt, no officers were hurt and this guy wasn't hurt."
Because it would be dangerous for officers to try to subdue Baughman on the roof, officers fired wooden rounds at him, but he appeared unfazed, Horner said.
Officers then used a nearby crane that was parked in front of a home to get closer to Baughman where an officer fired tear gas-like pepperball rounds to incapacitate him.
Baughman eventually came down from the roof around 4 a.m. using a ladder placed by police, Horner said.
He was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and burglary, among other charges, and was transported to a nearby hospital for a mental evaluation, Horner said.
Duh, he was on a three day meth binge. You could have fired a few 9mm rounds at him and he would have appeared unfazed.
Keep carrying your gun around on Bart. That will surely bring your demise! But there's still time for you to move to beautiful Irvine. The people down there and you think alike. Quick you better off soon.
Speaking of BART, I highly doubt I'm the only one carrying for my protection. If I got caught it would be because I had the need to defend myself from a violent criminal, in which case I'd rather be arrested for violating 12025 than be dead.... one year in jail and 1,000 fine sounds better to me than my family attending my funeral. Furthermore, licensed concealed carriers in states that respect the 2A (which is up to about 41 out of 50 now) are more law abiding than the rest of the general public.
You sound like a whiny, on welfare, liberal who's answer to crime in the Decoto is "don't go to the decoto!" Idiot!
Yes the GOP is the party of NO, most notably, the party of NO more stimulus money to throw back at the public sector unions. But Congratulations, even though they can stop your Communist in Chief now, he's already managed to piss away over a trillion dollars and amass more debt than every other previous president in history combined. His 38% approval number shows that you are in the minority with your views and I'm counting down the days until Election Day 2012!