Stolen Firearms Located When Man Arrested for Attacking Mother of His Children, Says MCSO
This is a press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office. The information has not been proven in a court of law and any individuals described should be presumed innocent until proven guilty:
On 07-19-2021 at about 10:17 PM, Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch received a call of a domestic violence incident which had occurred in the 900 block of Woodman Creek Road in Laytonville, California.
While responding, Deputies were advised an adult male had used a firearm during the incident but an adult female had been able to flee the location. Deputies subsequently learned the following in summary during their investigation.
The adult male, Casey Riggs, and the adult female have two children in common from a prior dating relationship.
On 07-19-2021 after all of them having dinner together in Ukiah, an argument began over child custody. Riggs took the children and went to his residence located in Laytonville.
The adult female followed and as she pulled in the driveway, Riggs came over to her car and began kicking the driver’s door numerous times which caused visible damage.
The adult female exited the car and the pair continued to verbally argue in the driveway.
Riggs reportedly pushed the adult female against the car and hit her in the face several times. Riggs then put his right hand on the adult female’s neck and began strangling her but finally released his grip.
The adult female was going to leave but Riggs demanded she stay and she complied based upon fear. The pair continued to argue when Riggs reportedly grabbed the adult female by the hair, pulled her through the house into the backyard. Riggs then took her cellular phone and threw it off into the distance. The adult female was able to get away from Riggs and tried to find her phone.
Riggs pointed the pistol towards the adult female’s head and discharged it over her shoulder. Riggs made threatening statements and the adult female was able to get to her car to leave the area.
Riggs grabbed a rock and tried to break the windows of the car prior to jumping on the hood of the vehicle as she tried to leave. Riggs fell off the hood and the adult female was able to leave the area.
While investigating the incident, Deputies noticed Riggs driving up and down the Highway looking for the adult female. Riggs was contacted in downtown Laytonville and taken into custody without incident.
Deputies then responded to Riggs’ residence to conduct a welfare check and located the children in a safe condition.
Deputies learned Riggs was prohibited from possessing firearms or ammunition due to an active restraining order. A records check also confirmed two of the firearms were reported stolen previously.
Riggs was booked into the Mendocino County Jail where he was to be held in lieu of $150,000.00 bail….
Crime/Incident:
273.5 PC (Domestic Violence Battery)245(A)(4) PC (Assault with a Deadly Weapon)
422 PC (Criminal Threats)
594(B)(1) PC (Vandalism)
12022.5 PC (Using a Firearm during a Felony)
487(D)(2) PC (Grand Theft)
29825(A) PC (Possess Firearm in Violation of Court Order)
On 07-19-2021 at about 10:17 PM, Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch received a call of a domestic violence incident which had occurred in the 900 block of Woodman Creek Road in Laytonville, California.
Thereafter, Riggs obtained a rifle from inside the house and pointed the rifle in her direction before shooting it twice. Riggs stepped closer to the adult female and brandished a .45 caliber semi automatic pistol.
Deputies noticed three firearms in plain view along with ammunition. The first gun was a loaded SKS type rifle just inside the front door. The next was a loaded pump action rifle outside by the back door. The third was a loaded .45 caliber semi automatic handgun in an open drawer in the bedroom where one of the children was sleeping. Deputies further noticed a large variety of ammunition in the residence.
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Mother effer!!! Always a weirdo at the coffee shop!
Why is the hammer back on the 45?
Is it non functional or did MCSO fail to secure it?
I don’t see the bottom edge of a magazine(?)
It could still be holding a round without a magazine.
No magazine does not make it safe.
Ullr Rover has good eyes.
The safety looks like it is in the off position.
Yep, Ullr Rover, you’re on point, good looking out.
Pretty sharp.
I’d say that is a pretty sloppy job of securing that weapon.
The picture is proof.
The action is closed on that AK or whatever it is, also.
Both, the action on the pistol, and the action on the AK or whatever it is, should be open, like it is on the pump action rifle.
At least they got one right.
Thanks for the oversight Ullr Rover.
It’s a Chinese SKS.
🤔Yes, of course, Chinese SKS.
🧐I should have known, it’s got a weird little butt. 🤣😂😅😁
Pistol is an ‘Israeli Military Industries’ model Jericho. Double action.
Somebody cocked it and probably didn’t know how to release the hammer.
Looks like he doesn’t take good care of his… er… ex… weapons.
Right. I just meant that, a missing magazine implies handling by the police after they collected it.
They wouldn’t (or shouldn’t) provide any photos in a public forum of the weapons “as found”, because that could corrupt their value as evidence in a trial.
Could be that it was set after they cleared the weapon, and they forgot to decock it.
Sucks those kiddos watched all that go down between mom and dad……custody disputes are ugly, even if it’s not physical abuse/violence, , verbal abuse can def leave psychological problems for a child.
He sounds like a total lunatic.
There should be a strangulation charge as well.
There should be an attemped murder charge(shooting towards her,choking her), brandishing a firearm, intent to do great bodily harm, a lot more charges should have been dropped than just that.
probably is already out under Covid bullshit. As a professional, I see three crap weapons that makes their own statement. When I see this, I see untrained, unregistered, illegal people that don’t have their act together. I am a CCC and the two weapons I carry are pristine that they best money can buy (yes folks I actually bough them and didn’t steal them, as many do. When i see garbage weapons or ones that are trashed I see a story behind them.
“When I see garbage weapons or ones that are trashed…”
You should see the property. It is the blight of our road. It’s like a Murder Mountain stereotype but with kids toys scattered throughout.
It looks like the movie Gummo.
So for you the take-home point is “steal nicer firearms”?
Are you familiar with how dirtbags work?
I think NoGovernment’s point was that you could tell the guy is a dirt bag just by looking at the guns.
a pistol for the nightstand,
a shotgun for the door
a long-gun there for reaching out-
who could ask for more?
this is what nearly every home in some of the most low crime areas of the nation have
Not the first time this mentally ill POS is making the news
I’d be willing to bet the beforehand dinner involved more than a few alcoholic beverages.
Looks like he really methed up this time
‘two kids from a dating relationship’ …must have been some date. She may very well have permanent hearing damage from a blast that close to her head. PTSD for the kids.
If you were an eyewitness or otherwise have knowledge of the case, please contact the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Department.