Cops save baby from man high on meth
Two cops this morning saved a baby from the clutches of a man high on meth who dangled her over a railing. This is the kind of thing cops tell me all the time that they get into policing for in the first place.
SYLMAR - Officers Jake Fernandez and Ruben Gonzalez were patrolling the south end of the Mission Division early this morning when a call of a kidnapping attempt in progress came out at 1:05 a.m. up in Sylmar.Initially the two officers didn't think much of it. Routine call. They get them all the time.
But then they read over their squad car computer that the suspect was dangling a baby over a railing and the call took a more ominous tone.
"This is going to be more serious than we thought," said Gonzalez, four months on the job.
Fernandez, a training officer, prepped Gonzalez on what to expect. Taser ready, they were the first ones to arrive at the scene, the Del Monico Motel, 13055 San Fernando Road, six minutes after the call came out.
On a second-floor balcony was a man wearing only boxers and possibly high on meth, Gonzalez said. He was dangling over the railing an 18-month-old baby girl wearing a pink jumper, the officer said.