Ridgecrest Police Department (RPD) PREPARED BY: SGT. Eric Hallmark– On Friday, October 28, at 11:20 am Ridgecrest Police Officers responded to the 400 block of W Ridgecrest Blvd for a report of an unknown situation in which a male stated a subject was trying to steal his vehicle.
Upon arrival, Officers contacted the reporting party who stated he had an altercation with a female subject he was not willing to provide the name of at the time. While attempting to determine the true nature of the call for service, a witness came forth and advised the Officers a female subject had run southbound through the park with a firearm towards the north side of Saint Ann’s School. The witness also advised the female shot the firearm up into the air while on the south side of the park.
Officers contacted Amanda Dollman seated on a porch at which time they began to question her. While Officers were questioning Dollman, a Smith and Weston .40 caliber handgun was located near her location along with a spent shell casing only 132ft from the fence line of Saint Ann’s School. Dollman eventually admitted to being in possession of the firearm located, along with firing the handgun near the school. Dollman is a convicted felon from last year’s case in which she was arrested and convicted of reckless possession of a pipe bomb on a public street.
Dollman was arrested on the above-listed charges and transported to the Central Receiving Facility in Bakersfield.
