Drugged, naked, and flinging feces, Redding man arrested

REDDING — A felon with an extensive criminal history, who was already well-known to Redding police officers, encountered officials once again after officers received reports that the naked and drugged man was trying to fight with people Saturday evening, Mar. 2.

The bizarre incident, which sent one officer to the hospital with unspecified injuries, happened on Lake Boulevard in Redding. The alleged suspect was later booked into county jail on a variety of charges related to the violent incident.

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Redding police officers were dispatched to the incident around 8:48 p.m., after SHASCOM received several reports of a nude man walking on Lake Boulevard, Redding Police Cpl. S. Llamas said after the man’s arrest. 911 callers also reported that the man was fighting with citizens in the area.

When officers arrived in the area, bystanders and witnesses directed them to a naked man who was later identified as Dustin William Clemens, 39, of Redding.

Video filmed at the scene by a bystander and later shared to social media showed an unidentified woman holding the man against a wall while trying to calm him. (Video can be viewed below.)

As a large dog – believed to belong to Clemens – ran loose repeatedly barking, the first three officers who arrived at the scene cautiously approached Clemens and the woman. In the video, the officers can be heard ordering the man to cooperate and to turn around and place his hands on the wall, at which time Clemens broke free from the woman and advanced toward two female officers who were flanked by a third, male officer.

“Clemens failed to follow officers’ directives, took a fighting stance, and challenged them to fight,” Llamas explained.

During the ensuing melee Clemens fought with the three officers, who were forced to use their batons and pepper spray as they worked together trying to overpower and subdue the violently resisting man. Video showed two of the three officers armed with batons strike Clemens more than two dozen times as he continued to resist them.

Throughout the entire incident, the officers can be heard giving loud, repeated, verbal commands for Clemens to stop resisting and to follow their orders.

As nearby crowds of witnesses and bystanders cheered the officers on, the loose dog suddenly ran – snarling and snapping – directly at one of the female officers. Thanks to the witnesses – who moments earlier had been cheering on the officers but now began to scream to watch out for the dog – the officer managed to spin around in time, but was forced to strike the dog with her baton to get it to turn from its attack.

Officers managed to get the violent man into handcuffs less than two minutes after they arrived at the scene, but during the confrontation “were exposed to Clemens’ feces,” said Llamas.

After Clemens was in custody, officers observed he was demonstrating signs and symptoms of being under the influence of a central nervous system stimulant.

“Clemens has a long history of local arrest including illegally possessing a firearm, domestic violence, vandalism and battery,” the Cpl explained. Additionally, officers learned Clemens was already on probation for a previous incident where he violently resisted officers.

As a result of the violent confrontation and arrest, one officer was injured and had to receive medical attention at a hospital, according to Llamas, who did not specify how the officer was injured or update the officer’s current condition.

After his arrest, Clemens was transported to an area hospital for medical clearance and later booked into Shasta County Jail for public intoxication, resisting arrest, and violation of probation.

Anyone with further information about this investigation is encouraged to contact Redding Police Cpl. S. Llamas at (530) 225-4200. Callers can refer to incident file number 19R013776 and can remain anonymous.

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Trevor Montgomery, 47, moved last year to the Intermountain area of Shasta County from Riverside County and runs Riverside County News Source and Shasta County News Source. Additionally, he writes for several other news organizations; including Riverside County based newspapers, Valley News, The Valley Chronicle, and Anza Valley Outlook; as well as Bonsall/Fallbrook Village News in San Diego County and Mountain Echo in Shasta County.

Trevor 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, breaking his back, and suffering both spinal cord and brain injuries in an off-duty accident. (Click here to see segment of Discovery Channel documentary of Trevor’s accident.)

During his time with the sheriff’s department, Trevor worked at several different stations; including Robert Presley Detention Center, Southwest Station in Temecula, Hemet/Valle Vista Station, Ben Clark Public Safety Training Center, and Lake Elsinore Station; along with 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, and Personnel/Background Investigations. He finished his career while working as a Sex Crimes and Child Abuse Investigator and was a court-designated expert in child abuse and child sex-related crimes.

Trevor has been married for more than 28 years and was a foster parent to more than 60 children over 13 years. He is now an adoptive parent and his “fluid family” includes 13 children and 15 – but soon to be 16 – grandchildren.