A naked man was tasered by a Kern County Sheriff’s deputy at Koko’s Motel on Tuesday, Feb. 19. According to sheriff’s reports, at 8:21 p.m. a deputy was dispatched to a peace disturbance at the motel, located at 3225 Mount Pinos Way, in Frazier Park.  A caller from the motel reported a nude adult male was outside in low temperatures.

The man was knocking on motel doors and attempting to force entry into occupied motel rooms, sheriffs report. When the deputy arrived, he contacted 41 year old Garrett Farn, who sheriffs said was displaying bizarre and aggressive behavior. Their report says that Farn refused to comply with orders and resisted arrest. The deputy deployed his Taser in order to take Farn into custody, then handcuffed and placed him in the back of his patrol car. The report said Farn continued to resist,  kicking out the patrol car’s window.

The deputy transported the man to Kern Medical Center for examination prior to being booked  for  resisting arrested. The deputy reports that when Farn arrived at KMC at 9:49 p.m., “he stopped his bizarre and combative behavior and walked into the hospital.”

Once Farn entered the hospital, the deputy reports, the prisoner again became  combative and had to be restrained by several medical staff and deputies. A hold was placed, requiring medical staff to notify the sheriff’s office when Farn was medically clear for booking into the jail. At 4:41 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 20 Kern Medical Center notified the sheriff’s office that Farn’s condition had deteriorated and that he was in critical condition. Detectives are currently investigating the incident, according to the sheriff’s report.

Lilian Carboyan, owner and manager of Koko’s Motel, said Garrett Farn had been an occupant of Room 5 since February 9, registered using an address on Summit Drive in Frazier Park.

Mrs. Carboyan said Farn’s mother had called from Florida to speak with her son, apparently unaware of what had happened the night before. She was told her son was in the hospital and had destroyed the motel room.

The room appeared to have been vandalized. Mrs. Carboyan said the sheriff’s deputies “did not mess up the room,” but that Mr. Farn had broken the microwave oven and the air conditioner, as well as a rain gutter spout and a glass lamp outside.  She estimated the damage at approximately $1,380. [She later revised this estimate to $1,000.]

A yellow-pad page of writing, left on the bed read, in part, “No evil of the Devil’s simple human need, Ain’t no mystic tragic fatal forces to be found. Ain’t no fiery torches w/ souls screamin w/out sound.“ [see www.MountainEnterprise.com for a photo of the page.] Two full pages of the writing followed.

Visible in the room were a wooden box with an inlaid marijuana leaf design on its top and cigarette rolling papers. Small green leafy particles were visible around the inside edges of the wooden box.

Mrs. Carboyan said that a Fender guitar and a guitar amplifier had been locked up for safe keeping until Farn’s parents arrive from Florida.

Farn’s white Mercedes car was still in the driveway.

—Reported by Patric Hedlund and  Gary Meyer

This is part of the February 22, 2008 online edition of The Mountain Enterprise.

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