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MILLCREEK — A man who police say pointed what appeared to be a real rifle at a landscape crew, then continuously resisted arrest when officers arrived, was taken into custody Wednesday after police deployed a Taser multiple times.
Adrian Nicolas Cassibba, 26, was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail for investigation of two counts of aggravated assault and obstructing justice.
On Wednesday, Unified police were called to the area of 4700 South and 1400 East where workers were taking care of the yard at a condominium complex. Two men stated that Cassibba pointed a rifle at them "and told them to leave the property because they didn't belong there," according to a police booking affidavit.
When officers arrived, they found Cassibba and said he was wearing a shoulder holster with bullets strapped to his body and had a small "rifle-type weapon" on the ground in front of him. Cassibba refused to follow the commands of the officers who were forced to use their Tasers multiple times on him as well as strike him with a baton on his arm and leg, the affidavit states.
"The suspect resisted officers' attempts to take him into custody. The suspect was ultimately placed into handcuffs," the affidavit states.
Police say the rifle turned out to be either an Airsoft or BB gun.
