Sausalito dispute over $1.6M yacht lands suspect in jail
Sausalito police arrested a man on assault allegations after a dispute over a $1.6 million boat at a brokerage.
The incident happened at about 1 p.m. Monday at the Sausalito Yacht Harbor, where the suspect expressed interest in buying the boat, according to police Capt. Brian Mather. An argument broke out between the suspect and a broker “over the legitimacy of the sale,” Mather said.
The suspect then tried to board a boat without permission, and staff told him to leave. The suspect refused and tried to assault an employee, then left as a broker called police.
Officers found the suspect walking nearby. He allegedly refused to stop and was arrested after a brief struggle. Scott Michael Swan, 39, of San Francisco was booked into the Marin County Jail.
Swan was scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday on misdemeanor charges of assault and resisting police. He remained in custody in lieu of $2,000 bail.