Mendocino County Sheriff's Office
Press Release
(Title of Crime/Incident) 273a PC Child endagerment
Report Number:
08-3096    
Coroner Number:
LT JD BUSHNELL    
Crime/Incident:
273a PC Child endagerment
Location:
Wildwood campground 29700 Highway 20 Fort Bragg
When: Date: 10-20-08 Time: 1700 hrs
Victim Info :        
  Name Age Street Address City, State
Victim #1: State of california
Suspect Info:        
  Name Age Street Address City, State
Suspect #1: Billy EATON 49 transient Fort Bragg, Ca
         
Written by: Lieutenant Dennis Bushnell
Synopsis: 10-20-08/1700 hours Deputies from the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office Coastal area were dispatched to the Wildwood Campground regarding a drunk and disorderly subject causing a disturbance.

Upon arrival Deputies learned that Billy EATON was very intoxicated and had been throwing a fixed blade knife at a tree.

On at least one of EATONS attempts at target practice the knife missed its intended target and flew past the tree landing in a adjacent camp site. There were several of the camps juvenile residents in the adjacent site, the knife narrowly missing them.

EATON was taken into custody, transported and booked into the Mendocino County Jail with Bail set at $25,000
Approved By: Lieutenant Dennis Bushnell