DATE/TIME: July 15, 2022 / 11:29 a.m.
INCIDENT: Resisting an Officer
LOCATION: 15000 block of Palmdale Road, Victorville
SUSPECT(S): Richard Thompson, 55-year-old transient of Victorville
VICTIM(S): State of California
SUMMARY: On Friday, July 15, 2022, at 11:29 a.m., Sheriff’s Dispatch received a call regarding a male subject who appeared to be under the influence of a controlled substance and causing a disturbance at businesses in the shopping center. The subject was argumentative with employees and refused to leave the area. Additional callers reported the subject was throwing rocks at vehicles.
Deputies from the Victorville Police Department arrived on scene and contacted the subject, later identified as Richard Thompson. Thompson refused to comply with commands given to him by the deputies and resisted being detained. Thompson struck a deputy multiple times during the encounter.
Thompson was arrested for felony resisting a peace officer. He was booked at High Desert Detention Center. He remains in custody at West Valley Detention Center pending his next court date in August.
Anyone with information about this investigation is asked to contact the Victorville Police Department at (760) 241-2911 or Sheriff’s Dispatch at (760) 956-5001. Callers wishing to remain anonymous are urged to call the We-Tip Hotline at 1-800-78CRIME (27463) or you may leave information on the We-Tip website at www.wetip.com.
Refer: Tricia Blake, Media Relations
Station: Victorville Police Department
Phone No. (760) 241-2911
Case No. 172208158
SHANNON D. DICUS, Sheriff-Coroner
San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department
