< Back to All News

Subject Arrested After Assaulting Officer

Posted: Jan. 22, 2015 1:00 PM PST

The Express Mart Chevron Station in the 300 block of Sacramento St. is the only business in Nevada City that is open 24 hours. As a result Nevada City Police are periodically called there for late night disturbances. Wednesday night around 11pm Nevada City Police Sgt. Chad Ellis says officers were called there for a person who refused to leave the store.

Click here to listen to Sgt Chad Ellis

At first the subject gave police a wrong name and address but he was eventually identified as 23 year old Todd Austin.

Click here to listen to Sgt Chad Ellis

Sgt. Ellis says the suspect kicked one of the officers in the thigh as they were trying to take him into custody and spitting on the officers as he was placed under arrest.

Austin,-Jonathan1Austin was taken to the hospital for medical evaluation then booked into the Wayne Brown Correctional facility on a felony charge of obstructing an executive officer and resisting arrest.

More from my site

More from my site

KNCO Web Comments Guidelines

  1. Keep it clean. Comments with inappropriate language, no matter how cleverly spelled or decorated will not be posted.
  2. Comments on the way the story was written or misspelled words will be passed on to the story authors and not posted.
  3. Please use your real name. Anonymous comments or comments posted using a fake name or web handle may not be posted.
  4. Please use your real email address so we can contact you.
  5. No flaming. Any comments that are primarily of a name calling finger pointing nature may not be posted.
  6. The comment section is not a right it is a privilege. KNCO retains all rights as to what is posted on its website.

Leave A Comment

*

*

* captcha