By Melody Gutierrez
mgutierrez@sacbee.com
A man who witnesses said appeared to be delusional after acting bizarrely in a Roseville neighborhood was booked Sunday at Placer County Jail on suspicion of burglary, assault with a deadly weapon and resisting arrest.
Bail for Israel Williams III, 31, of Sacramento, has been set at $50,000.
Williams was taken into custody after police responded to several reports around 9 a.m. Saturday in the 600 block of Portside Circle. Witnesses said Williams was yelling at himself, jumping over fences and climbing onto roofs.
Williams allegedly ran from police and forced entry into a house in the 600 block of Lyndhurst Avenue, where police said he grabbed an unloaded rifle. A man in his early 20s inside the house struggled with the suspect over the rifle and was clubbed in the face with it, according to a news release from the Roseville Police Department.
Officers said they heard yelling and glass breaking and entered the home, where they used stun guns, batons and bean bag rounds to subdue the suspect.
The resident of the home broken into was transported to Sutter Roseville Medical Center with minor injuries. Three or four officers and a Placer County Sherrif's dog received minor injuries, the news release said.
Williams received major injuries and was transported to Sutter Roseville Medical Center before booked Sunday into the Placer County Jail.
Call The Bee's Melody Gutierrez, (916) 326-5521.
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