Bend PD: Drunken transient challenged drivers, jogger; choked, punched, kicked K-9

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- An intoxicated transient who challenged passing cars and a jogger in southeast Bend early Saturday evening tried to assault officers and choked, kicked and punched a deployed police K-9 before he was placed in a restraint device, arrested and taken to St. Charles Bend, officers said.

Officers were sent around 5 p.m. to the area of Brentwood Avenue and Brosterhous Road on a report of an intoxicated man acting aggressively, Corporal Kyle Voll said. Other 911 callers reported the man appeared to be armed with a Taser and was challenging the drivers of passing vehicles, some having to swerve to avoid hitting the man, later identified as Jonathan Emanuel Magana Solis, 26.

Officers who arrived in the area saw Magana Solis apparently challenging a passing jogger to a fight, Voll said. They saw the jogger run away and Magana Solis apparently chasing after the jogger.

An officer found Magana Solis about a block away, in the area of Aaron Way and Del Coco Court, and ordered him to stop, Voll said. He initially complied, but minutes later charged at one of the officers. Police K-9 Rony was deployed by his partner, Officer Victor Umnitz, to keep Magana Solis from assaulting the officer, but the dog’s bite didn’t stop him from advancing toward the officer.

Another officer was able to take Magana Solis to the ground, but he still choked, kicked and punched the K-9, trying to strike Rony on the head with a large lava rock. An officer was able to knock the rock out of Magana Solis’s hand, Voll said.

Tasers were deployed several times on Magana Solis, and more officers and Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies arrived and were able to take him into custody. Once in handcuffs, Magana Solid made more attempts to assault officers, Voll said, so a WRAP restraint device was applied.

Witness John Carreras said, "It took everything they got to hold this guy on the ground, and he was still getting up."

"Eventually, the dog got him and got a piece of him -- got quite a few pieces of him," he said. "And it was the most professional handling of a situation like that, because this guy was super-dangerous."

Officers searched Magana Solis and the surrounding area but did not locate a Taser, as the initial caller reported, Voll said. The police K-9 appeared to be uninjured.

Bend Fire and Rescue paramedics took Magana Solis to St. Charles Bend for treatment of injuries sustained wile fighting with the police K-9 and a possible drug overdose, Voll said. He was cited and released to hospital staff.

Anyone with more information about the incident is asked to contact Bend police at 541-693-6911.