​Man Arrested For Assault With Frying Pan In Marin: Police

SAUSALITO, CA — Sausalito police arrested a man early Thursday morning on suspicion of assaulting a man with a frying pan on a vessel in Richardson Bay.

Police received a call around 1:15 a.m. about a man possibly using a metal baseball bat to assault a woman on a vessel anchored around 100 yards from the Turney Street boat ramp, Capt. Bill Fraass said.

During the call, officers heard a man on another anchored vessel in the area talking about being hit with a frying pan, Fraass said.

While responding in a police patrol boat to the anchored vessels, officers saw a vessel sailing away from the scene and stopped it in the area of Schoonmaker Point. They approached Halsey Dunman, 65, an anchored out resident of Sausalito, and a 60-year-old woman Dunman was dating, according to Fraass.

Dunman and the woman had been on the woman's brother's vessel when the trio got into an argument. Dunman allegedly struck the woman's 56-year-old brother in the head with a frying pan multiple times, pushed the woman, and took away her phone when she tried to call 911, Fraass said.

The woman's brother came ashore while police were interviewing Dunman. He was taken to a hospital by the Southern Marin Fire Protection District.

Dunman was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, domestic battery and preventing someone from calling 911. He was booked into Marin County Jail.

– By Bay City News Service; Kristina Houck/Patch contributed to this report.