Alleged felon, accomplice arrested for jumping on deputy's back, pulling 'ghost gun' near Calico Ghost Town
A pair of Daggett residents, one an alleged on-the-run felon and the other his alleged accomplice, were arrested Saturday after deputies say a hectic series of events erupted in Calico Ghost Town.
Brad Tuers, 29, was arrested on three outstanding felony warrants and suspicions of possessing a firearm as a felon while Monica Martin, 36, was arrested on suspicions of obstructing an officer, taking a person from custody by riot and battery on emergency personnel, the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department said in a press release Tuesday.
Each arrest occurred on the afternoon of May 7 after deputies who were "working an event at Calico Ghost Town" watched Tuers "run northeast into the desert area" while speaking with Martin, whom they identified as a camper, around 2:17 p.m. at the 36600 block of Ghost Town Road, according to the release.
Deputies say they later identified the running man as Tuers, and realized that three outstanding felony warrants existed for his arrest.
The officers say they then encountered the two individuals around 3:48 p.m. at the intersection of Interstate 15 and Calico Road, which is near EddieWorld roughly three and a half miles south of the ghost town.
There, according to the release, Martin's vehicle was parked next to a dirt bike.
"Deputies parked behind Martin’s vehicle and saw Tuers exit the passenger side and run into the desert," the release says.
An officer chased Tuers and "saw him reaching for his waistband, then hold an unknown object in his hand." The release later implies this object was "a loaded, un-serialized Glock style handgun, also known as a 'ghost gun,' (which) was recovered where Tuers was taken into custody."
But before Tuers was arrested, according to the deputies, things got weirder.
"As the deputy attempted to handcuff Tuers, Martin jumped on the deputy’s back, attempting to free Tuers from custody," the release states. Another deputy was able to pry Martin off his colleagues back and detain her, it continues.
Martin and Tuers were both arrested and booked at High Desert Detention Center in Adelanto, the release concludes.
According to booking records, Martin was transferred to West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga within a couple days after her arrest and was being held on a $100,000 bail. She appeared in Victorville Superior Court at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday to face her three suspected charges.
Tuers was still being held at the Adelanto jail as of Tuesday, when he began the first of a series of court appearances scheduled over the next week, the records show.
His first appearance was at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday in Victorville Superior Court. This hearing pertained to suspicions of aggravated battery with serious bodily injury, false imprisonment of another person and possessing a firearm as a felon. He was being held on a combined bail of $150,000 for these suspected charges.
At 10 a.m. Monday, May 16, Tuers will face a post-release community supervision hearing focused on him allegedly violating parole as a felon, the records show.
He will then appear in Victorville Superior Court the following day at 9:30 a.m. to face a suspected charge of inflicting corporal injury on a spouse or cohabitant, for which he was being held on an additional bail amount of $50,000.
Charlie McGee covers California’s High Desert for the Daily Press, focusing on the city of Barstow and its surrounding communities. He is also a Report for America corps member with The GroundTruth Project, an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization dedicated to supporting the next generation of journalists in the U.S. and around the world. McGee may be reached at 760-955-5341 or cmcgee@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter @bycharliemcgee.
This article originally appeared on Victorville Daily Press: Daggett residents arrested after hectic events in Calico Ghost Town
