A Ukiah man was arrested Sunday night after he reportedly threatened and hit a friend with a handgun.
On Sunday at about 9:34 p.m., officers from the Ukiah Police Department were dispatched to an apartment in the 700 block of South Oak Street, on a report of an unwanted man inside the apartment.
When they got to the apartment, officers were met by victim Juan Deharo, 34, of Ukiah. Deharo was bleeding from a laceration to his head and told officers that he had just been attacked by a man armed with a handgun. Deharo then pointed to a man across the courtyard of the complex, and identified him as his assailant.
UPD officers stopped the man at gunpoint and detained him pending an initial investigation. The man was identified by his California ID card as Angel Mendez, 52, of Ukiah. Officers located a loaded 9MM pistol, concealed in the bushes about 10 feet from Mendez.
Once the scene was stabilized, Deharo was treated for his injuries by members of the Ukiah Fire Department and then transported by ambulance to Ukiah Valley Medical Center. At the hospital Deharo told officers that he has known Mendez for a year or two and that they meet up and smoke marijuana on occasion. The night prior, Deharo, said, Mendez had brought over a marijuana pipe and marijuana that they smoked together.
Before the police were called, Deharo said he was inside his apartment, when Mendez showed up. According to the report, Mendez asked Deharo to retrieve his marijuana pipe and supply of marijuana. Deharo said he told Mendez that he was eating dinner and asked him to let him finish. Deharo said Mendez replied, "No, we have a problem then."
Deharo said Mendez then left, but returned to the apartment six to seven minutes later, entering without knocking and holding a handgun in his right hand. Deharo said Mendez pointed the gun at the head of a guest that happened to be visiting at Deharo's apartment. According to Deharo, Mendez told the guest to get out of the apartment and he would deal with Deharo.
Deharo stated that Mendez kept pointing the gun at him, and repeatedly asking for his marijuana pipe and marijuana. Deharo said Mendez kicked him in the left knee twice while pointing the gun at his head. Deharo told police Mendez also struck him in the head with the butt of the gun, causing a laceration and knocking Deharo out momentarily.
During the attack, Deharo begged for his life and said he was terrified, according to a press release from UPD officials. Mendez eventually left, but not before threatening to kill Deharo if he told anybody about the assault, the report states.
At the hospital Deharo received several stitches for his injury and was later released.
Mendez was booked into the Mendocino County Jail on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, burglary, making terrorist threats, and possession of a loaded firearm. The investigation was turned over to the Detective Division of the Ukiah Police Department and is ongoing.
If anyone has additional information regarding this case, please contact Detectives Glen Stark or Mariano Guzman at the Ukiah Police Department 463-6262.
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