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Calif. man arrested after jumping on cop car wearing sombrero and one boxing glove, say police

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(CBS/KOVR) SACRAMENTO - Police say a California man was arrested on suspicion of being drunk in public after he jumped onto a Sacramento cop car wearing a sombrero and one boxing glove.

Police say an officer was seated in his squad car around 12:30 a.m. on Wednesday when 55-year-old Jesse James Thomas approached on foot, CBS Sacramento reports. Police say Thomas jumped onto the hood of the car, yelled his own name and then ran off.

He was reportedly described wearing a dark puffy jacket, a sombrero and a boxing glove on his right hand.

Thomas was soon found nearby lying in the street and subsequently arrested for public intoxication, reports CBS Sacramento. He was booked into the Sacramento County Jail on $1,000 bail.

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