A Sacramento-area manaccused of terrifying a neighborhood with a knifespent only 90 minutes locked up before he was released and arrested again, triggering anger from residents.
56-year-old Brian Mattson,was first arrested Thursday nightin the Arden-Arcade area near La Sierra Drive. He was seen on Ring cameras holding a knife, approaching homes and acting erratically.
Doorbell camera footage of the encounter spread quickly and alarmed residents, he was arrested Saturday.
Despite the circumstances, investigators said the only charge available was misdemeanor trespassing.
Because Mattson is on felony probation, deputies requested a probation violation to keep him in custody. That request was denied by the Sacramento County Probation Department, leading to his release.
“We asked probation for a probation violation to hopefully keep him in custody longer. That was declined,” Sgt. Amar Gandhi toldKCRA. “So he was out within, I want to say, about 90 minutes or so. So he got in and out of jail super fast.”
The quick release sparked immediate frustration in the Arden-Arcade neighborhood, where residents were already shaken by the scary, knife-wielding man approaching homes.
Neighbor Michael Deauville told KCRA, “It makes us want to dive back in understanding how the system works, because clearly there’s a system in place here that I will admit I’m not as familiar with 48 or 72 hours ago as I feel like I am now.”
He also said, “there are a lot of pieces of this pie, and it’s so easy to point the finger at one individual group where maybe there was a lapse in judgment or something that could have been done better.”
Hours after being released, deputies were called again, this time to a business near Fair Oaks Boulevard and San Lucas Way for another trespassing report.
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