5 Arrested In Vandalism With Pig's Head, Blood: Santa Rosa PD

Petaluma CA

26 May, 2021

2:40 PM

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SONOMA COUNTY, CA — Investigators have now made five arrests in connection with two April incidents where pig's blood was used to vandalize a sculpture of a giant hand in downtown Santa Rosa and the previous residence of a former Santa Rosa police officer who testified in the trial of Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd, police said Wednesday. Christina Henry, 22, and Colin Metcalfe, 25, both of Santa Rosa, were taken into custody around 6:45 p.m. Tuesday when officers were conducting surveillance in the 600 block of Healdsburg Ave., Santa Rosa police Sgt. Christopher Mahurin said. Both Henry and Metcalfe were suspects in the ongoing investigation of the April 17 incidents where a group of people dressed in all black threw a pig's head at the west Santa Rosa house where Barry Brodd used to live, then smeared blood on a downtown Santa Rosa statue and left a picture of a pig with the words "Oink Oink" written on it. PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Pig's Head, Blood Thrown At House Where Chauvin Witness Lived: PD Three Santa Rosa residents — 20-year-old Rowan Dalbey, 34-year-old Kristen Aumoithe and 35-year-old Amber Lucas — were arrested May 11 in connection with the case and booked into jail on suspicion of conspiracy to commit a crime and two counts of felony vandalism, police said. After Henry and Metcalfe were detained Tuesday, detectives served a search warrant at Henry's residence on Healdsburg Avenue. "Both Henry and Metcalfe were identified as suspects in these investigations through numerous pieces of evidence, including evidence collected from prior search warrants," Mahurin said. Both were booked into jail Tuesday — the one-year anniversary of George Floyd's death— on suspicion of conspiracy to commit a crime and two counts of felony vandalism, the sergeant said. The vandalism happened a few days after Santa Rosa police Chief Rainer Navarro issued this statement on Brodd's testimony in the highly publicized and politicized trial: "We are aware of former Santa Rosa Police Officer, Barry Brodd, providing testimony in the Derek Chauvin trial. Mr. Brodd has not been employed by the department since 2004. His comments do not reflect the values and beliefs of the Santa Rosa Police Department."