BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — What started as a call over a stolen cellphone resulted in a life or death struggle, as a Kern County sheriff’s deputy fought for air after being placed in a chokehold.
Authorities say Quane Sutton tackled and pinned the deputy, then wrapped his arms around his neck.
“I began to gasp for air, felt extreme pain to the front of my neck, and feared that Sutton was going to kill me,” the deputy wrote in sheriff’s reports that recently became available…