Animal control call escalates to violence

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Thursday, August 21, 2008

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By MARSHA DORGAN
Register Staff Writer

The fur started flying on Tuesday when a Napa County animal control officer contacted a Napa woman about a cat bite.

An officer showed up at Kali Ananda Wright’s residence in the 1400 block of Fourth Street to investigate a complaint about a cat bite, police said.

Wright became agitated and whacked the animal control officer in the head several times, causing minor injury, police said.

She took off in her car. When she returned a short time later, she drove by the officer and a Napa police officer.

The Napa police officer followed her and watched as she lost control of her car at Franklin and Division avenues.

Wright, 34, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence and battery.

Domestic violence arrest

A Napa man allegedly got a hefty dose of bug spray in his face during an argument with another man at a residence in the 1700 block of Pueblo Avenue on Tuesday.

The man told police he and Jeffery Mickelsen were arguing when Mickelsen sprayed him and pushed him down the stairs, injuring his ankle, police said.

Mickelsen, 48, was arrested on suspicion of domestic violence.

8 comment(s)

napan007 wrote on Aug 21, 2008 8:24 AM:

" Cat must've given her rabies. :)

I hope the animal control guy is OK! "

cab e-girl wrote on Aug 21, 2008 12:53 PM:

" yikes! Jerry Springer. has nothing on these folks. "

royrodgers wrote on Aug 21, 2008 1:50 PM:

" Bugspray ?? Next time they should settle it with a duel in the middle of the street. Choose your weapon carefully! Sell tickets, better than a downtown Saturday afternoon cockfight, senor! "

supernova8610 wrote on Aug 21, 2008 6:28 PM:

" Cat bites aren't that big of a deal; I've been bitten by my cats in the past, and I haven't called animal control. "

napavalleyman wrote on Aug 21, 2008 7:55 PM:

" Excuse me, Marsha, but Franklin and Division are not avenues, they are streets. "

plepgeat wrote on Aug 21, 2008 8:14 PM:

" Who did the cat bite - Ms. Wright, or someone else? Who complained about the bite? Why did the officer respond to Ms. Wright's residence? With what did Ms. Wright "whack" the officer? More information, please.

If the cat did bite Ms. Wright, I hope they give it medical treatment. Ms. Wright seems to have a potentially communicable case of the Howling Crazies. "

MarkMiwords wrote on Aug 21, 2008 8:28 PM:

" Perhaps the "cat bite" was referring to Ms. Wright being the biter, and the cat being the recipient of the bite? "

amazed wrote on Aug 22, 2008 12:58 PM:

" What do you people want, actual REPORTING? Seriously, though, I wonder why the animal control officer didn't pepper-spray the nut. "

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