AUG. 27, 2017, 11:18 P.M.

Police identify 13 people arrested in Berkeley demonstrations

Alene Tchekmedyian

Riot police arrest a counter-protester during the "No To Marxism" rally at Berkeley's Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park. (Amy Osborne /AFP/Getty Images)

Berkeley police identified 13 people arrested during a protest Sunday that drew thousands of people to the city's Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park and sparked violence between far-left and far-right demonstrators.

One officer was injured during an arrest and several others were struck with paint, according to the Berkeley Police Department. Paramedics treated six people; two were taken to a hospital for treatment.

Those arrested include:

  • Seth Vasquez, 25, of Berkeley, was arrested on suspicion of violating park rules and security rules for city buildings.
  • Mark Misohink, 23, of Berkeley, was arrested on suspicion of violating park rules and security rules for city buildings.
  • James Dominic, 23, of Oakland, was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit a crime.
  • Kristopher Wyrick, 39, of Alpine, Calif., was arrested on suspicion of fighting in public.
  • Harlan Pankau, 38, of Jamul, Calif., was arrested on suspicion of public intoxication.
  • Levi Smith, 32, of Sparks, Nev., was arrested on suspicion of violating park rules and security rules for city buildings.
  • Sean Hines, 20, of Santa Rosa, Calif., was arrested on suspicion of resisting police and violating security rules for city buildings.
  • Brittany Moorman, 26, of Oakland, was arrested on suspicion of violating park rules and security rules for city buildings.
  • Yesenia Mendez, 22, was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, resisting police and wearing a mask to evade recognition in the commission of any public offense.
  • Emily Gillespie, 24, of Berkeley, was arrested on suspicion of battery.
  • Sean Dougan, 47, of Portland, Ore., was arrested on suspicion of battery, vandalism and inciting a riot;
  • Rachel Moore, 40, of Oakland, was arrested on suspicion of battery with serious bodily injury.
  • Joshua Phillips, 36, of Oakland, was arrested on suspicion of resisting police and participating in a riot.


http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-bay-area-protests-police-identify-13-people-arrested-in-1503900705-htmlstory.html