Marin Man ‘Not Subject To The Law’ Assaults Officer: Cops

SAN RAFAEL, CA – A Marin man who claimed “not to be subject to the law” assaulted an officer over the weekend, San Rafael police said.

David Moses, 51 of San Rafael, was arrested on suspicion of aggravated obstruction of an officer, resisting an officer, battery on an officer, grand theft, vandalism and prohibiting mooring/anchoring of a vessel, according to police.

The arrest followed an altercation with an officer investigating Moses in connection with suspected illegal mooring and anchoring in the Canal waterway, police said.

An officer suffered minor injuries in the altercation, police said. Moses was not injured.

At about 11:45 a.m., an officer in the patrol boat "Mission City" was motoring along the Canal waterway near a yacht harbor in the 500 block of Francisco Boulevard East in San Rafael when he spotted Moses trying to get away in a small boat.

Moses guided his boat into the yacht harbor, where another officer found him walking onto a dock and tried to detain him for alleged illegal mooring and anchoring, according so San Rafael police.

"Moses claimed that he was a sovereign citizen and was not subject to the law," police said in a news release Monday.

After allegedly becoming "uncooperative" and refusing to follow the officer's instructions, Moses allegedly pushed past the officer, "became physically combative and fought with the officer," Police said.

The officer used a taser to no effect and continued to struggle with Moses until the patrol boat officer arrived and helped take him into custody, police said.

— Bay City News and Patch staffer Gideon Rubin contributed to this report