Jenna Bordelon
MEDIA DISTRICT NORTH -- Police and a team of crisis response officers
surrounded a hotel after employees reported hearing cries for help from
the fourth floor.
Quondon Clay, 40, of Los Angeles was arrested Thursday on suspicion of
assault with a deadly weapon and felony spousal abuse.
Fourth-floor Ramada Inn Burbank guests were evacuated as officers
armed with ballistic shields, flexible baton guns and shotguns convinced
Clay and his girlfriend to come out.
A housekeeper told police Clay had put her in a headlock and tried to
choke her. Police said Clay also grabbed his girlfriend, who had bruises
on her neck.
Sgt. John Dilibert said Clay, dressed in a yellow Lakers shirt, gave
up without a fight.
He added that Clay had a warrant out for his arrest for battery,
although he did not know if it involved his girlfriend.
Clay was being held in Burbank City Jail on $77,500 bail. He will be
arraigned Tuesday.
