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SBSD - Colorado River Sheriffs Department
Thursday April 15th, 2021 :: 08:44 a.m. PDT

Advisory

Ruben Medrano was arrested for assault, resisting a peace officer and probation violation

DATE/TIME: April 13, 2021         6:07 p.m.
 
INCIDENT:   PC 240; Assault, PC 3455; Probation Violation PRCS (Post Release Community Supervision), PC 148(A); Resisting a Peace Officer
 
LOCATION: 1100 block of W. Broadway Street in the city of Needles
 
SUSPECT:  Ruben Medrano, 48 years old, resident of Needles
 
VICTIM:      State of California
 
 
SUMMARY:
On April 14, 2021, at approximately 6:07 p.m. deputies from the Colorado River Station/Needles Police Department were dispatched to a suspicious person call on the 1100 block of W. Broadway Street in Needles.  During the investigation it was determined Ruben Medrano assaulted a local resident. 
 
Deputies attempted to arrest Medrano who resisted, and with the assistance of a citizen he was taken into custody. The deputy was not injuried during the arrest. Medrano wa booked for PC 240; Assault, PC 148(A)1; Resisting a Peace Officer and PC 3455; PRCS Probation Violation.
 
Post Release Community Supervision (PRCS) is a form of supervision for an offender who has been released from a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) institution to the jurisdiction of a county agency, pursuant to the California Legislature's Post Release Community Supervision Act of 2011. Penal Code (PC) Section 3451 states that all persons released from prison on or after October 1, 2011, after serving a prison term for a felony and, if eligible, upon release from prison shall be subject to supervision provided by a county agency.  Those on PRCS are supervised by the San Bernardino County Probation Department.
 
Anyone with information regarding this investigation is urged to contact Deputy Bryant Moore at the Colorado River Station/Needles Police Department or call (760) 326-9200. Those wishing to remain anonymous can call the We Tip Hotline at (800) 78-CRIME or via their website at www.wetip.com
 
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Refer:              Deputy Bryant Moore
 
Station:            Colorado River Station
 
Phone No.       (760) 326-9200
 
Case No.         212100326
 
JOHN McMAHON, Sheriff-Coroner
San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department                       

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Needles, CA 92363

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