Man accused of threatening journalist covering O.C. stay-at-home protest

Demonstrators rally last week in Huntington on April 17, 2020. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

Posted: Apr 20, 2020 / 06:08 PM PDT

Updated: Apr 20, 2020 / 06:08 PM PDT

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An Orange County man has been arrested on suspicion of threatening a KTTV Channel 11 cameraman with a knife hours after a quarantine protest Friday in Huntington Beach.

Christien Petersen, 36, of Costa Mesa was taken into custody at 7:49 p.m. Friday for exhibiting a “deadly weapon other than [a] firearm” and for kidnapping, the Huntington Beach Police Department’s log stated.

Petersen, who is believed to be a lawyer, is being held on $100,000 bond and is expected to be in court Tuesday.

Police said Petersen was allegedly intoxicated and upset when he was filmed by a Fox cameraman for a report in the aftermath of that day’s “Live Free or Die” protest, which focused on ending COVID-19 stay-at-home orders.

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