Man arrested for allegedly assaulting Petaluma officers during break-in

The Brief

  • Petaluma Police Department officers were sent on Wednesday to the Studios at Montero at 5135 Montero Way on reports of a break-in.
  • Officers allegedly found Zeno Salinas-Rurales, a 28-year-old Petaluma resident, barricaded inside a room and breaking objects.
  • Salinas-Rurales was booked into the Sonoma County Jail for felony vandalism, trespassing, resisting/delaying officers, and felony obstruction/threats against officers.

PETALUMA, Calif. A 28-year-old man was arrested in Petaluma on Wednesday after he allegedly assaulted police officers while he was destroying items in an apartment he had reportedly broken into.

Petaluma Police Department officers were sent on Wednesday to the Studios at Montero at 5135 Montero Way after receiving a report from the on-site property manager that “a previously arrested individual, who is not a resident of the complex” had vandalized property at the apartment and was attempting to enter a room without permission, according to a department statement.

Officers found Zeno Salinas-Rurales, a 28-year-old Petaluma resident, at the scene, and the department noted that officers previously encountered the man during an incident on July 30 where he allegedly “forcibly resisted officers, assaulted an officer, and was found in possession of suspected methamphetamine,” according to the PPD.

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