Overview
- Lake County deputies and a Crisis Outreach and Support Team arrived around 7:10 a.m. to serve a court-ordered mental health writ at a home in the 200 block of Pond Ridge Road.
- A 41-year-old man allegedly sprayed deputies at close range with a large canister of bear spray, striking one deputy in the eyes who was then hospitalized.
- Six additional deputies were treated by paramedics at the scene and released, according to the sheriff's office.
- Deputies used a Taser to subdue the man, took him into custody, and transported him to a hospital, where he allegedly kicked a nurse.
- A petition for the writ cited paranoia, punching holes in walls, sleep deprivation, and unpredictable outbursts, and the sheriff's office says specific criminal charges are forthcoming.