By Ben Schenkel
bschenkel@sacbee.com
Redding police arrested a vagrant man Saturday night next to Parsons Junior High School on Maraglia Street after they found him brawling on the ground with man visiting his family from Medford, Oregon, according to a department news release.
The altercation reportedly began in front of the 99 Cent Store at 2611 Hilltop Drive. Police say that Christopher Jacob Anderson, 21, approached a 15-year-old girl and eventually spat on her. The girl's mother reportedly came to protect her daughter from Anderson, the release said.
The exchange between Anderson and the mother and daughter reportedly grew so intense that another woman tried to wedge her car between the parties, according to police. Undeterred, Anderson reportedly jumped on the hood of the woman's car, causing minor damages.
The girl reportedly managed to phone her father during the confrontation. Like his wife had earlier, he hurried to his daughter's aid, police said, following Anderson out of the shopping center and onto Maraglia Street. There, the father tried to speak with Anderson, who reportedly became angry and pulled out two 2x4 pieces of wood with nails hanging from the ends. When Anderson tried to use the weapons, the father reportedly knocked him to the ground and the two men fought until police arrived, the release said. Neither man was seriously injured, police said, but they did have minor abrasions and cuts.
Police said that Anderson struggled when they arrested him. Once inside the patrol car, he reportedly tried to escape by kicking a door open, which prompted an officer to subdue him with pepper spray.
Anderson was booked at the Shasta County Jail for assault with a deadly weapon, and for allegedly resisting arrest.
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