COSTA MESA (KTLA) -- A woman was hospitalized Saturday after being bit by a dog while trying to break in to the Department of Motor Vehicles office in Costa Mesa, police said.
According to Costa Mesa police, 49-year-old Tamera Grant drove her car into the front of the office in the 600 block of West 19th Street around 5:30 p.m. Saturday and tried to access several computers.
Police, fire, highway patrol and bomb squad officials responded within minutes to the location, which was closed for the weekend.
After a two hour stand-off, Grant emerged and was trying to get back into her vehicle when a police dog attacked her. She sustained minor dog bites to her hand and head, Costa Mesa police told KTLA.
Officers on scene noted that Grant, a resident of Irvine, may be suffering from a mental disorder.
The was taken to a local hospital for her injuries and arrested around 7 p.m. Saturday on charges of attempted burglary.
According to Costa Mesa police, 49-year-old Tamera Grant drove her car into the front of the office in the 600 block of West 19th Street around 5:30 p.m. Saturday and tried to access several computers.
Police, fire, highway patrol and bomb squad officials responded within minutes to the location, which was closed for the weekend.
After a two hour stand-off, Grant emerged and was trying to get back into her vehicle when a police dog attacked her. She sustained minor dog bites to her hand and head, Costa Mesa police told KTLA.
Officers on scene noted that Grant, a resident of Irvine, may be suffering from a mental disorder.
The was taken to a local hospital for her injuries and arrested around 7 p.m. Saturday on charges of attempted burglary.
