Crime & Safety
LAPD Officers Use Beanbags to Arrest Machete Wielding Man on Marmion Way
Officers are called to the scene by residents who saw the machete-wielding man walking in their neighborhood.
According to a status update posted on LAPD Northeast Division's Facebook page on Monday afternoon, officers used a beanbag gun to apprehend a "non-compliant" man who was carrying a machete near Marmion Way and Avenue 51.
According to the status, "Officers took a non-compliant man with a machete in custody."
The arrest was made at approximately 2:30 p.m.
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Northeast area also posted the following on their Twitter account: "BREAKING: 415 Man with Machete, Ave 51 / Marmion Way in Highland Park. Beanbagged, taken into custody."
One neighborhood resident reported seeing the suspect before he was taken into custody.
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"I was wondering why someone on my block, Avenue 51 and Figueroa, was carrying a big blade and doing nothing bout it," Michael Angel Acuna said. "I was gonna call 911, but i saw a helicopter and then heard cops, so I thought it was handled."
Update
Police reported that the man who was arrested had allegedly stolen a bicycle.
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