Man Arrested After Intentionally Driving Into Anti-Vaccine Mandate Protest: LA Sheriff’s Official

Boeing employees and others line the street with signs and American flags as they protest the company's COVID-19 vaccine mandate, outside the Boeing facility in Everett, Washington, on Oct. 15, 2021. Lindsey Wasson/Reuters

A man was arrested after he allegedly drove his vehicle into a group of people protesting against vaccine mandates in Southern California, officials said over the weekend.

A spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s office said that 64-year-old William Aslaksen was arrested about 90 minutes after the incident on Saturday. He was charged with felony assault and is being held in the Sheriff’s Department’s Palmdale station.