<![CDATA[resisting-arrest - Law Offices of William W. Bruzzo]]> https://www.bruzzolaw.com/blog/tags/resisting-arrest/ Mon, 09 Dec 2024 19:21:45 GMT en-us <![CDATA[UC Irvine Professor in Custody for Threatening to Attack Irvine High School]]> https://www.bruzzolaw.com/blog/uc-irvine-professor-in-custody-for-threatening-to-attack-irvine-high-school/ https://www.bruzzolaw.com/blog/uc-irvine-professor-in-custody-for-threatening-to-attack-irvine-high-school/ Fri, 17 Aug 2012 00:47:00 GMT A professor at UC Irvine is in custody following his arrest at a park near University High School. On July 24 a patrol officer noticed Rainer Reinscheid at the park trying to start a fire. There was extra patrolling in the area because there had been a series of fires at the park. He did post bail…

]]> A professor at UC Irvine is in custody following his arrest at a park near University High School. On July 24 a patrol officer noticed Rainer Reinscheid at the park trying to start a fire. There was extra patrolling in the area because there had been a series of fires at the park. He did post bail shortly after being arrested but officers found more information and arrested him without bail on July 27. Authorities connected him to the fires from earlier that month and came across e-mails he had written detailing how he wanted to set the school on fire, buy guns, kill students and administrators at University High, commit sexual assaults and commit suicide thereafter. The emails were addressed to himself or his wife and were found on his phone. The detailed plans were used to prove that he should be denied bail because he could be a danger to others.

The Orange County District Attorney’s Office has charged Reinscheid with five counts of arson, one count of attempted arson, and resisting or obstructing a police officer. His arraignment was postponed until August 8. The fires and plans against University High are explained as being part of Reinshcheid’s anger from his son’s suicide. His son was a student at the high school and was given trash pick duties during lunch for stealing at the student store. He apparently hanged himself at a park near the school.

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]]> <![CDATA[Assault on a Peace Officer Charge Dismissed]]> https://www.bruzzolaw.com/blog/assault-on-a-peace-officer-charge-dismissed/ https://www.bruzzolaw.com/blog/assault-on-a-peace-officer-charge-dismissed/ Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:52:00 GMT A Battery occurs whenever one person touches another without consent. A Battery can be charged as a misdemeanor or a felony. The amount of injury to the victim will usually decide whether the case is charged as a felony or a misdemeanor. Here is one client’s experience facing a battery charge in Orange County: “I…

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A Battery occurs whenever one person touches another without consent. A Battery can be charged as a misdemeanor or a felony. The amount of injury to the victim will usually decide whether the case is charged as a felony or a misdemeanor. Here is one client’s experience facing a battery charge in Orange County:

“I was charged with Assault on a Peace Officer (Penal Code Section 241(b)); Battery on an Officer(Penal Code Section 243(b))and Resisting Arrest (Penal Code Section 148(a) (1)). These charges occurred as a result of an altercation I got into with a Police Officer in Orange County. I was looking at up to one year in jail for these offenses. I hired William W. Bruzzo to represent me because of his reputation and his familiarity with the courts in Orange County. I told Mr. Bruzzo that not only did I not assault the officer in question but that he assaulted me without reason or provocation. I realized that for the most part it would be my word against the officer’s. Mr. Bruzzo took my case and began investigating the officer by filing motions which requested the personnel records of the officer in question. The County of Orange fought to keep the records from being revealed but Mr. Bruzzo won in the end. The personnel records of the officer in question revealed that he had had problems with violence in the past. Mr. Bruzzo used this information in his negotiations with the District Attorney. In the end, the District Attorney agreed to DISMISS all the charges against me! I am very grateful to Mr. Bruzzo for his work and I would enthusiastically recommend him for any criminal matter.” ~ WR, 01/15/2010

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