Crime & Safety
OC Sheriff's Deputies Injured While Serving A Restraining Order
Orange County Sheriff's Department Deputies were hurt overnight while attempting to serve a restraining order.
LA MIRADA, CA — Two Orange County Sheriff's Department deputies suffered injuries while serving a restraining order at a La Mirada home, the department reported.
A man in his 30s was hospitalized Tuesday morning following a fight that ensued during the process.
Deputies responded late Monday to a call of a family disturbance and to serve the order to the son of the people who live at the Barrington Lane home, near Fairhope Drive, according to the Orange County Sheriff's Department.
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Shortly after deputies arrived, "the son confronted them," and deputies used physical force to subdue him, OCSD spokeswoman Carrie Braun said.
The suspect and deputies were taken to a hospital where the suspect was sedated and the deputies were treated for their injuries, the sheriff's department said.
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Neither the name of the suspect nor the extent of his injuries was immediately disclosed.
The OCSD patrols the portion of La Mirada where the incident occurred, Braun said.
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