A Kittitas man was arrested for assault late last week after he allegedly attacked a sheriff deputy and tried to hit the officer with his own badge.

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Initial Burglary Report and Deputy Confrontation

The Ellensburg Daily Record reports 36-year-old Dustin Lee Geraldon pled not guilty to charges of third-degree assault, obstructing law enforcement, resisting arrest, and first degree criminal trespassing.

Deputies arrested Geraldon just before 1:30 a.m. last Friday. Officers responded to a report of a burglary just after 11:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 13.

How the Arrest Unfolded

A woman saw Geraldon in her driveway and said he later tried to get into her home. A deputy found Geraldon in the yard. When a deputy trie

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