Last Sunday morning, tensions erupted on a sleepy Lytle Creek street when a local transient was arrested for menacing residents and threatening them with a stick, as reported by the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department. The suspect, identified as Dana Wilson, a 57-year-old man known to frequent the area, was met by deputies from the Fontana Station following calls from perturbed citizens.
The incident escalated quickly after Wilson, stick in hand, apparently took his anger to a church congregation nearby, where he reportedly swung the branch at parishioners and came close to hitting an adult male, in a disturbing end to what should have been a peaceful weekend morning. After being subdued by law enforcement in the 200 block of Lytle Creek Road, Wilson was promptly taken into custody and now faces charges that include criminal threats and assault with a weapon.
In the aftermath, the West Valley Detention Center became Wilson's temporary holding spot, as local authorities began piecing together the morning's unsettling events. The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department's account of the arrest brought to light the swift action by deputies in preventing any potential injuries.
