Just hours after being released from police custody following a bizarre hit-and-run police chase, former UFC light heavyweight champ Quinton "Rampage" Jackson landed in the backseat of a cop car again.
According to Lieutenant Rick Handfield, a public information officer with the Irvine, California, Police Department, an Irvine officer was driving by a residence at around 4:30 on Wednesday afternoon when he was flagged down by an acquaintance of Jackson's.
"The acquaintance asked for assistance in evaluating whether Mr. Jackson was a danger to himself or others," Handfield said. "The officer had a conversation with Mr. Jackson, who was very cooperative, and he determined that [Jackson] was a danger to himself and others, and he was detained and transferred to a local hospital for a mental-health evaluation by the officer."
Due to California's strict privacy laws, Handfield could not say which hospital Jackson was transported to or whether the UFC fighter was admitted on a psychiatric hold.