Supervised release for a violent man who resisted arrest and is charged with battery on a police officer

 

Gerald Fay Barnhart, who resisted arrest and is charged with battery on a custodial is out on supervised release. His arrest was a result of a domestic disturbance call.

The message California legislators and any California Judges are sending is domestic violence charges don't matter. nor do the lives of law enforcement. You think a protective order is going to stop this man?

I am adding information about his arraignment, OR/bail and preliminary hearing right now. 

HCSO Press Release (October 20):

On Oct. 19, 2021, at about 7:50 p.m., Humboldt County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to a residence on the 300 block of Higgins Street, in the county’s jurisdiction of Eureka, for the report of a domestic disturbance between a man and a woman.

Deputies arrived on scene and contacted a female at the residence. While speaking with the female near the open front door of the residence, a male suspect, identified as 54-year-old Gerald Fay Barnhart, rushed toward deputies from inside the residence, attempting to close the door. While attempting to close the door on the deputies, Barnhart grabbed hold of one deputy and forcefully pushed the deputy, causing visible injury.

A second deputy deployed a department-issued taser, striking Barnhart and successfully gaining compliance without further incident. Barnhart did not sustain injuries from the taser deployment.

Barnhart was arrested and booked into the Humboldt County Correctional Facility on charges of obstructing a peace officer by means of violence (PC 69) and obstructing/resisting a peace officer (PC 148(a)(1)).