On January 31, 2019 at about 9: 01 a.m.
While patrolling the 1400 block of Santa Monica Blvd., officers observed a subject walking in the middle of the street outside of a crosswalk in violation of the vehicle code. Officers stopped the subject for the violation. Officers identified the subject and conducted a warrant check on the subject. The subject was found to have three outstanding warrants for his arrest. The subject was taken into custody. As officers were placing him into the patrol vehicle, he became resistive towards officers and was trying to avoid being placed in the back seat of the car. The subject was forcibly placed into the car and transported to SMPD Jail for booking. Ryan Leland Nicholson, 26, from Spokane, WA was arrested for three outstanding warrants out of Santa Monica and providing false identification to a police officer. Bail was set at $60,025.
