MORENO VALLEY: Transient arrested after attempted knife attack against deputies
Deputies arrested Jimmie Holcomb for attempted murder of a police officer after he attacked deputies with a knife.
MORENO VALLEY – A transient who tried to attack sheriff’s deputies with a knife was subdued and arrested for attempted murder of a peace officer and other charges Saturday, October 22. The incident happened outside a restaurant in the 24000 block of Sunnymead Boulevard, according to sheriff’s officials.
Deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Moreno Valley Police Station responded to a disturbance at the restaurant at about 12:45 p.m., Riverside County Sheriff’s Sergeant Brandi Swan explained in a press release.
The man causing the disturbance, identified as Jimmie Lynn Holcomb, a 56-year-old transient from the Moreno Valley area, was known to deputies from previous interactions.
Holcomb was known to carry a knife and was refusing to leave the restaurant property. As the situation escalated, Holcomb threatened to kill the restaurant employees and any responding officers.
Upon arrival, deputies approached Holcomb and attempted to speak with him. Holcomb reportedly attempted to assault the deputies with his knife, but they took immediate defensive action and avoided the attack.
Deputies attempted to calm Holcomb and convince him to drop his knife but he refused.
“After verbal negotiations to put the knife down were unsuccessful, officers deployed less-lethal means to control the suspect,” Swan explained in a press release about the incident and arrest. “The subject dropped the knife and was taken into custody.”
Deputies detained Holcomb and later arrested him. He was booked into the Smith Correctional Facility on suspicion of attempted murder of a police officer and making criminal threats.
A jail record search revealed Holcomb is being held in lieu of one million dollars bail. His next court date is scheduled at the Riverside Hall Of Justice Oct. 26.
Anyone with information regarding this incident is encouraged to call Moreno Valley Police officials at (951) 486-6700. Callers can refer to incident file number MV162960132 and can remain anonymous. Citizens may also submit a tip using the Sheriff’s Homicide Tipline online form.
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Trevor Montgomery spent 10 years in the U.S. Army as an Orthopedic Specialist before joining the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department in 1998. He was medically retired after losing his leg in an off-duty accident.
During his time with the sheriff’s department, Trevor worked at several different stations, including the Robert Presley Detention Center, the Southwest Station in Temecula, the Hemet Station, and the Lake Elsinore Station, along with many other locations.
Trevor’s assignments included Corrections, Patrol, DUI Enforcement, Boat and Personal Water-Craft based Lake Patrol, Off-Road Vehicle Enforcement, Problem Oriented Policing Team, Personnel and Background Investigations and he finished his career while working as a Sex Crimes and Child Abuse Investigator.
Trevor has been married for more than 26 years and was a foster parent to more than 60 children over 13 years. He is now an adoptive parent and has 13 children and 12 – soon to be 13 – grandchildren.
I’m glad that this creep got caught, and there was no gun fire involved in this incident. You just KNOW that all the demonstrations and bad rap would be against the cops instead of the criminal who threatens the lives of others, and really “asks for it” when defying orders and continuing to threaten.
We should all be very weary reading about people like this who start trouble, do not cooperate, and threaten law enforcement as well as regular citizens.
If the officer feels his life is in danger, what do you expect him or her to do? Don’t you feel that the officer has a right to defend their own life, or the life of their fellow officers? It’s not the fault of the police if these criminals end up wounded or dead if they do not comply. The police officer has the same right as does anyone else, to come home safe and alive, after putting in a long, hard day trying to protect us.