P. v. Park CA5
§ 245, subd. (d)(1)), with firearm enhancements (§ 12022.53, subd. (c), § 12022.5, subd. (a)); and one count of drawing or exhibiting a semiautomatic rifle with the intent to resist or prevent arrest by a peace officer (§ 417.8). He was sentenced to an aggregate term of 32 years eight months in prison.
The convictions were based on an incident which began when defendant communicated what appeared to be a suicide threat to a close friend who was also a Ridgecrest police officer. His friend requested that other officers perform a welfare check at the trailer park where defendant lived. When officers tried to contact him at his trailer, defendant shouted profanities, refused to walk out, and fired multiple rounds through the trailer’s walls. The officers evacuated the trailer park and called for backup assistance. The Kern County Sheriff’s Department Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team responded and surrounded the trailer. Defendant remained in the trailer for nearly si
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