A transient was arrested last month after threatening police when they tried to help him.
At about 10 a.m. on Monday, April 22, Los Angeles Lifeguards called Santa Monica Police to the 1600 block of Ocean Front Walk. Police arrived to find lifeguards treating a man with an injured nose. Police asked the man what happened and he responded with a barrage of profanities. The man then told police he can get a 9 mm gun and kill them.
An ambulance took the man to a hospital where he was treated. Police then arrested him for making criminal threats and having five Santa Monica warrants totaling $12,500.
The man was described as a transient.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on May 8, 2002. Read the original PDF.