Man Arrested for Rolling Rocks Onto Powerhouse Road

Yakima Police have arrested a man after he was found rolling large rocks onto Powerhouse Road near Pecks Canyon Road on Wednesday. Officers were called to the area at about 10:30 a.m. Tuesday. Traffic was detoured along Powerhouse Road as police spoke to the man, who sat on the side of a hill along Powerhouse Road. After about an hour and a half of trying to talk to the man, Yakima Police SWAT team members arrived, walked up the hill and took the man into custody without incident.
The man told police he had a gun, but no gun was found.  No injuries were reported. The man hasn't been identified.