The Contra Costa firefighters union Wednesday apologized for the weekend arrest of two off-duty firefighters following its charity ball that left two police officers injured.
Around 5 a.m., just hours after the Second Annual Firefighters Ball at the Marriott Walnut Creek hotel had ended, Walnut Creek police responded to hotel security’s request to remove four drunk people, police said.
Upon their arrival, Contra Costa Fire engineer Andrew Desmond, 31, started a fight and was eventually arrested on suspicion of assaulting a police officer, public intoxication and trespassing, police said.