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Petaluma Police Department
Wednesday April 1st, 2020 :: 06:00 p.m. PDT

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Suspect armed with swords arrested for Probation Violation and Possession of Stolen Property

Incident:                      Suspect armed with swords arrested for Probation Violation and Possession of Stolen Property
Occurred Date :           March 31, 2020
Occurred Time             9:35 pm
Location:                     1800 block off Petaluma Blvd North
Suspect:                       Justin E Link, 37-year-old, Petaluma resident
 
 
Incident Summary:
 
On the above date and time, Petaluma PD officers responded to a report of a suspect threatening a neighbor with two Samurai swords.  The first officer on scene engaged the suspect verbally and convinced him to drop the swords.  Suspect Link was taken into custody.   After completing an investigation, it was determined that no one was threatened by Suspect Link.   Suspect Link was determined to be on probation and in a backpack, he possessed was a laptop computer determined to have been stolen out of Marin County.  Suspect Link was arrested for violation of probation and possession of stolen property.  He was transported to the Sonoma County Main Adult Detention Facility. 
 

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Petaluma Police Department
969 Petaluma Blvd N
Petaluma, CA 94952

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