Felon charged with vandalizing District Attorney’s office property in Indio
City News Service
INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – A 47-year-old probationer accused of vandalizing the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office’s Coachella Valley branch, then attempting to hide on the roof of a nearby building, where he was forcibly taken into custody, was charged today with nearly a dozen felony and misdemeanor offenses.
Sean Allen Camba of Temecula was arrested Monday following an hours-long standoff with law enforcement officers on Highway 111 in Indio.
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Camba is charged with assault on a peace officer with a deadly weapon, resisting arrest and eight counts of vandalism, three of which allege felonious property damage.
The defendant, who is being held in lieu of $30,000 bail at the Robert Presley Jail, was slated to make his initial court appearance Wednesday afternoon at the Larson Justice Center in Indio.
According to the Indio Police Department, shortly before 9 a.m. Monday, the convicted felon caused damage to the DA’s building in the 82900 block of Highway 111, adjacent to the Larson Justice Center.
The extent of the vandalism was not specified, and a possible motive wasn’t mentioned.
A witness observed the acts and followed Camba to another property less than a block away, where he allegedly perpetrated further vandalism before climbing onto the roof of the Sunline Transit Agency building near Highway 111 and Jackson Street in an apparent effort to hide, according to police Sgt. Abe Plata.
He said patrol officers arrived a short time later and requested assistance from the multi-agency Desert Regional SWAT team. In the meantime, Highway 111 was shut down between Golf Center Parkway and Salton Street for public safety.
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Attempts to talk Camba down from the roof failed, and just before 2 p.m., SWAT members deployed flash bang grenades to divert his attention while other members clambered onto the roof, where they took him into custody after a brief struggle.
Camba was not injured, nor were any law enforcement personnel, Plata said. Court records show the defendant has prior convictions for felony vandalism, burglary and resisting or obstructing a peace officer.