The Mendota train depot was evacuated Sunday afternoon and police boarded an Amtrak train bound for California. Forty-one year old Baird Douglas McNeil of Tallahassee, Florida was arrested on a disorderly conduct charge. Mendota police say he upset other passengers with a claim that he had a gun, although he didn’t. After his arrest, passengers were allowed in the depot and on the train again, and the train resumed its run after 40 minutes.
Charge filed against man who claimed he had gun on train
WCMY file photo of an Amtrak train passing through the railroad depot in Mendota