California courtroom brawl sends defendant, 2 deputies to the hospital

A antheral accused of home unit and 2 Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies were hospitalized aft a courtroom brawl connected Friday.

Ryan James Chalfant, 31, fought the 2 deputies aft a justice ordered him taken into custody and held successful lieu of $1 cardinal bail, the Press-Enterprise reports.

He is facing aggregate felony charges, including 2 counts of inflicting corporal wounded connected a spouse oregon cohabitant with a anterior condemnation successful the past 7 years, 1 number of making transgression threats and 1 number of mendacious imprisonment, the Press-Enterprise reports, citing Superior Court records.

Chalfant had been escaped connected $50,000 bail and was expected to participate a plea connected Friday, but instead, Judge Jennifer Gerard ordered him to beryllium arrested and held successful lieu of $1 cardinal bail.

“When deputies attempted to instrumentality the antheral into custody, helium resisted arrest,” a RCSD spokesperson told the outlet. “Deputies yet detained the suspect.”

Officials person not elaborate the nonstop injuries sustained by the three, though each are expected to afloat recover.

The arraignment was rescheduled for Tuesday.

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