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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A antheral from Whittier has been sentenced aft a combat that led to the antheral repeatedly hitting 1 parkland ranger successful the caput and headbutting another, the Department of Justice announced.
According to tribunal documents connected July 3, 2022, 25-year-old Robert Anthony Mendoza Jr. was progressive successful a combat astatine a Yosemite campground. As parkland rangers responded and attempted to spot Mendoza nether arrest, Mendoza fought with 1 of the parkland rangers hitting him again and again successful the head.
Officials accidental the ranger suffered pain, bruising, swelling, and adjacent impaired imaginativeness for a abbreviated time.
After Mendoza was placed nether apprehension successful a patrol conveyance officials accidental Mendoza managed to flight his restraints and headbutt a 2nd parkland ranger, national prosecutors report. He was yet subdued a 2nd time.
The Department of Justice says Mendoza was sentenced to 2 and a fractional years for assaulting national officers connected Tuesday.
The lawsuit was the merchandise of an probe by the National Park Service, Assistant U.S. Attorney Laurel J. Montoya prosecuted the case, and District Judge Dale A. Drozd carried retired Mendoza's sentence.
