Fort Bragg police assaulted with butcher knife, flower pots, toilet seat, residents terrified, cop treated for cuts, but no serious injuries

The police do a good job of telling the story below. It’s true, FB police are very good at de-escalating without violence or guns. Read this and think of some cases you have seen on the news where the cops fired sooner. Good not to have someone badly hurt or killed! The cops sent a press release with a photo of the big butcher knife but I couldn’t extract it. Remember these are allegations and there are always two sides to every story. ( I know that is the Highway Patrol in the picture from this afternoon btw)

Jenny would have been a loss to Fort Bragg and the world. If she is guilty of all this, hopefully she can get some help. She has been around here all her life and is loved by many. I suspect drugs were involved or perhaps booze, which does more damage overall than anything else.

MEDIA RELEASE
Assault on Police Officers Leads to Barricade, Arrest
04/16/2025
On April 16, 2025 at approximately 12:32 AM, Fort Bragg police officers responded to the 200
block of E Redwood Avenue on the reports of a female screaming and banging on the front door.
The occupants in the apartment did not know who the female was.
When officers arrived, they located Jenny Malagon, 47, of Fort Bragg on an upstairs balcony.
Malagon was waiving a large kitchen knife and screaming. Officers directed Malagon to drop
the knife and attempted to de-escalate the situation verbally. Malagon continued to pace back
and forth on the balcony while screaming. Officers were familiar with Malagon and knew she
did not live there.
While officers were talking to Malagon, she picked up a flower pot, weighing about 10 pounds,
and threw it down on the officers below. Malagon threw two more pots of equal size at the
officers, one missing an officer by inches. From the bottom of the stairs, an officer deployed his
TASER in an attempt to use less lethal force to control Malagon. Despite multiple attempts, the
TASER was ineffective, as Malagon kept breaking the wires. Malagon then broke through the
front window of the occupied apartment and entered it.
Fearing for lives and safety of the occupants inside, officers ran up the stairs. One officer
entered through the broken window and unlocked the front door for other officers to enter.
During this, the officer cut his hand on the broken glass. He quickly wrapped it in a piece of
clothing to control bleeding and continued to assist the other officers.
Malagon had barricaded herself in a bathroom. They also found the residents were in a bedroom
near the bathroom. Officers blocked the bathroom door with their bodies while another officer
escorted the residents out of the apartment to safety.
Officers forced the bathroom door open a few inches and saw Malagon had armed herself with
the lid to the toilet tank and was holding it in a striking position. Thinking quickly, the officers
all pushed through the bathroom door, quickly overpowering Malagon and took her into custody
without injury.
Chief Neil Cervenka said, “Critical incidents such as these often result in the use deadly force.
However, our courageous officers faced a potentially lethal situation and resolved it without
injury to the suspect. While officers using deadly force make the news across the county, this
type of resolution is far more common, but less reported on.”
After medical clearance, Malagon was booked into Mendocino County Jail on the charges of PC
245(a)(4) – Assault with a Deadly Weapon Likely to Cause Great Bodily Injury; PC69(a) –
Resist Officer; PC 594(b)(1) – felony Vandalism; PC 602(m) – Trespass on Occupied Property;
HS 11550 – Under the Influence of a Controlled Substance.
The injured police officer was treated at Adventist Health Coast Hospital Emergency Room and
released. He was immediately released to full duty.
Anyone with information on this incident is encouraged to contact Sergeant Welter of the Fort
Bragg Police Department at (707)961-2800 ext 212.
This information is being released by Chief Neil Cervenka All media inquiries should contact
him at ncervenka@fortbragg.com.
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