`DESPONDENT' MAN FOUND, DEPUTIES LEAVE HIM ALONE.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Daily News Staff Writer Sheriff's deputies searched through thick brush along Big Rock Creek Rock Creek may refer to:
In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a reportedly despondent de·spon·dent adj. Feeling or expressing despondency; dejected. de·spon  dent·ly adv. man, sheriff's officials said.
Deputies eventually spotted the 27-year-old Palmdale man, but he yelled yell v. yelled, yell·ing, yells v.intr. To cry out loudly, as in pain, fright, surprise, or enthusiasm. v.tr. To utter or express with a loud cry. See Synonyms at shout. n. at them to leave him alone and go home, which they finally did. ``He doesn't appear to be a threat to himself, really,'' said Deputy Dave Miklos of the Palmdale sheriff's station. ``It appears he just wants to be by himself.'' Officials began looking for the man Monday night after his girlfriend called authorities at 4:30 p.m. and said he was despondent and threatening suicide, and had left the house armed with a rifle. Officials searched campgrounds Monday night but found no sign of him. The search was reinitiated Tuesday when a ranger and a camper spotted him at the Little Sycamore sycamore: see plane tree. sycamore Any of several distinct trees called by the same name though in different genera and families. In the U.S. the term refers to the American plane tree or buttonwood (Platanus occidentalis), a hardy street tree. campground on Big Rock Creek. The ranger and camper saw no rifle, deputies said. About 250 yards west of the campground, deputies found the man's camouflage camouflage (kăm`əfläzh), in warfare, the disguising of objects with artificial aids, especially for the purpose of making them blend into their surroundings or of deceiving the observer as to the location of strategic points. cap on a post. They also found on the ground a sign made with rocks reading ``Good Bye,'' plus a ``happy face'' symbol made with other rocks. As the man hid in heavy brush, deputies yelled back and forth with him. He hollered for them to leave him alone. A deputy saw and spoke with him briefly but was unable to talk him into surrendering. The man then retreated into the forest, officials said. |
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