BIG EXCITEMENT last Thursday evening in Hungry Hollow a little after 7 when deputies were summoned to sort out “a neighbor dispute.” Brandon Johnson, a neighbor complained, had shot another neighbor’s dog the previous day, and Johnson was presently “in the roadway near his residence causing a disturbance by playing loud music and shouting obscenities.” Arriving deputies could hear Johnson shouting generalized denunciations and shouted at him to meet them at an unoccupied pickup truck at the foot of his driveway. Johnson came running at them with “a metal object in his hand” which, as he came within about 15 feet of them, the deputies couldn’t help but define as a pistol. “The deputies took cover and withdrew their sidearms for protection.” Johnson stopped and briefly pointed his gun in the direction of the deputies. Apparently deciding he’d rather not commit suicide by cop, Johnson tossed his weapon into the bed of the unoccupied truck. Deputies learned Johnson was prohibited from possessing firearms due to past criminal convictions as well as a current domestic violence restraining order issued against him. He was booked into the Mendocino County Jail for assault with a deadly weapon, and possession of a firearm while prohibited from having one. The Philo man is being held in the County Jail on bail of $200,000.
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