Crime & Safety
Axe-Wielding Man Crashes Car Into House, Threatens 2 In Lake Forest
The man threatened two people with a pick-axe before he was subdued by police, authorities said.
LAKE FOREST, CA — A man crashed a car into a house in Lake Forest and then reportedly threatened two people with a pick-axe before authorities subdued him, the Orange County Sheriff's Department said Monday.
Deputies were called at 11:54 a.m. Monday to the 2200 block of Robin Street after a gray Kia sedan slammed into a house, Orange County Sheriff's Sgt. Michael Woodroof said.
When the driver got out of the car he 'obtained' a pick-axe and threatened two people, he said.
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Deputies subdued the man, who was not identified by authorities, with less-than-lethal weapons and took him to a local hospital to be treated for a head injury that he suffered in the crash, authorities said.
No one was injured in the crash or the incident with the pick-axe.
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No further information was immediately known.
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