Alleged drug possession and domestic violence leads to arrest of Jared Hawkins

On 01-02-2016 at about 7:46 AM Mendocino County Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to the Mendocino Coast District Hospital emergency room to contact a victim of a domestic violence incident.

Upon arrival, Deputies learned that a 25 year-old adult female was cohabitating and in a dating relationship with Jared Hawkins.

During the contact, Deputies learned Hawkins had awoken during the morning and started punching the adult female in the face and kicking her, causing injury to her forehead and left hand.

Deputies observed visible injuries to her forehead consisting of a small raised 1 inch diameter bruise to the left side of her forehead.

Deputies learned Hawkins was on probation out of Mendocino County and had been ordered to stay away from the adult female.

Deputies subsequently contacted Hawkins in the 32000 block of Simpson Lane in Fort Bragg, California.

Upon contact Hawkins was found to be in possession of drug paraphernalia.

Hawkins was arrested for felony domestic violence battery, violation of probation, and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Hawkins was booked into the Mendocino County Jail for the listed charges and was to be held in lieu of $30,000.00 bail.