ODD: Man Falls Off Bridge Trying To Throw Wife Over
Category: Bizarre & Odd News
A Marin County, California man who fell into the San Francisco
Bay on Friday was allegedly trying to throw his wife off the San
Mateo-Hayward Bridge during an argument, San Mateo County’s district
attorney said Tuesday.
Xavier McClinton, 47, of Mill Valley, appeared in court Monday
to be arraigned on one felony count each of attempted murder and
domestic violence in connection with the bizarre attack, which took
place on the bridge at around 2:25 p.m. Friday, San Mateo County
District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said.
McClinton was driving with his wife of eight years when the
couple began to argue, according to prosecutors. During the argument,
McClinton drove his car off the side of the roadway in an apparent
attempt to crash it into the bay, Wagstaffe said.
When the car hit a barrier and came to a stop, McClinton
grabbed his wife, pulled her out of the vehicle and tried to throw her
off the bridge into the water, Wagstaffe said. Several drivers who
witnessed the incident got out of their cars and barely prevented the
victim from falling by grabbing her legs.
McClinton fell about 15 feet from the bridge into the bay and was arrested after the U.S. Coast Guard pulled him from the water.
His wife suffered a gash stretching from the side of her mouth
to her cheek that required several stitches to close, Wagstaffe said.
It was not immediately clear how she was injured, he said.
According to investigators, McClinton had been showing signs of paranoia
over two weeks prior to the attack on his wife. He had apparently said
that people were trying to break into his home and kill him, Wagstaffe
said.
The couple has three young children together, the district
attorney said. McClinton did not enter a plea at Monday’s hearing,
according to the district attorney’s office.
He is scheduled to return to court on Friday and is being held without bail at San Mateo County Jail.
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