BREMERTON – A man whom deputies said was in a state of “excited delirium” due to alleged drug use put up quite a struggle with deputies and a K9 police dog before being arrested in West Bremerton Dec. 11.
David Alan Blinn, 31, of Bremerton was charged with felony violation of a court order and attempting to elude a pursuing police vehicle in Kitsap County District Court Dec. 11.
According to a Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office report, a deputy located Blinn’s maroon 2003 Mitsubishi Montero SUV parked at a residence in the 3700 block of West F Street in Bremerton at midnight on Dec. 11. Blinn, who is 6 feet tall and weighs 180 pounds, had warrants for his arrest for domestic violence and for theft. The deputy saw Blinn’s SUV parked just 50 feet from the residence of a woman with whom Blinn had a no-contact order. The order specified that Blinn must remain 500 feet away from the residence.
The deputy parked his patrol vehicle just north of the residence on National Avenue, within sight of Blinn’s SUV. A few minutes later, the deputy saw the SUV’s lights turn on, and the SUV drove north, right past the deputy. The deputy was able to see Blinn was the driver, and did a U-turn on the road to follow him.
The SUV made a right onto Preble Street and then made a right onto Charlotte Avenue. The speed limit was 25 mph, but Blinn allegedly drove 40-50 mph when the deputy turned on his emergency lights and siren. Blinn blew past the stop sign at G Street, then turned right on F Street and stopped back at his residence. The deputy shouted at Blinn to remain in the vehicle, but Blinn exited the vehicle. The deputy drew his gun and continued to order Blinn back into the vehicle, but Blinn ran behind the residence.
A second deputy with a K9 police dog responded to the scene and loudly announced that the dog would begin searching the area. The dog ran toward Blinn and Blinn allegedly lifted the dog into the air by its head or neck, causing the dog to yelp loudly. The dog got loose and bit Blinn on the calf, then the two deputies struggled to restrain Blinn. A third deputy arrived and used a Taser on Blinn, who was then handcuffed. Blinn allegedly continued to thrash around and tried to kick officers.
“I looked down and saw that Blinn had a severe dog bite to his right leg and calf, when he straightened out his leg I could see bright red blood spurting one to two feet up in the air,” a deputy wrote in a report.
A tourniquet was placed on Blinn’s leg to stop the bleeding.
Two knives were found on Blinn. Several residents in the area heard the commotion and were witnesses to the incident.
Medics arrived and transported Blinn to the hospital where he continued to act combatively.
“David appeared under the influence of something. He was extremely hyperactive and aggressive,” a deputy wrote. When deputies advised Blinn of his Miranda warnings, Blinn said he didn’t understand.
“The paramedic and I had to hold David down the entire ride as he was aggressively kicking, screaming and attempting to fight.” Medics delivered several rounds of Ketamine in an attempt to calm him down.
The hospital treated him and Blinn was transported to jail.
“He was obviously high on something,” said Scott Wilson with KCSO. “We call this phenomenon ‘excited delirium,'” where a person is unable to feel any pain.
According to KCSO, Blinn had previously made threats to shoot police officers.
According to the KCSO report, Blinn was booked on charges of violation of a no-contact order, resisting arrest, harming a police dog and attempting to elude a pursuing police vehicle. Bail was set at $250,000.
