TUSTIN : Man Arrested in Attack on Police Car
- Share via
A man was arrested after he broke a police car’s windows and emergency lights with a baseball bat, police said Monday.
Dave William Mainwearing, 37, of Garden Grove was seen Sunday about 3 p.m. drinking a beer and holding a bat outside a liquor store in the 12900 block of Newport Avenue, police Lt. Houston Williams said.
An officer went to investigate, and Mainwearing attacked the police car, causing about $5,000 worth of damage, Williams said.
Mainwearing was being held Monday in County Jail on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, brandishing a deadly weapon in front of an officer and felony vandalism, police said.
Sign up for Essential California
The most important California stories and recommendations in your inbox every morning.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
