Marin Child Endangerment Suspect Leads Police Pursuit

SAN ANSELMO, CA — A Marin man was arrested last week in connection with a domestic incident after assaulting officers at the end of a pursuit, Central Marin Police said.

Laron Cook, 23 of San Anselmo, was arrested on suspicion of battery, child endangerment, resisting arrest, battery on peace officers, and the outstanding warrants, police said.

Several officers suffered minor injuries, police said.

Cook was not injured, according to police. He was booked into Marin County Jail after receiving medical clearance at a local hospital.

Officers at around 8:30 a.m. on Friday responded to a report of an altercation between two adults at a Sunny Hills Drive residence in San Anselmo, police said.

Responding officers learned that Cook, who had an outstanding felony warrant out of San Francisco County for weapons and explosive device violations, had barricaded himself with his 1-year-old child in the back bedroom of the residence, police said.

Officers were establishing a perimeter around the residence when Cook jumped from a two-story structure onto the ground level and tried to run from the scene, leaving the child in the residence unharmed, police said.

Cook ran across all lanes of traffic on Sir Francis Drake Boulevard toward a residential neighborhood and was seen jumping into a dumpster.

Cook’s arrest followed a struggle with officers, police said.