Man Arrested After Climbing Into Irving Police Department Secured Area, Head-Butting Jail Officer
IRVING, Texas - A man who climbed a fence into a restricted area of the Irving Police Department was arrested Sunday and later accused of head-butting a correctional officer while being processed into jail.
The Sept. 27 incident began at about 10:07 when a resident called Irving police to report an unknown man banging on the front door of her home in the 300 block of North O'Connor Road, across the street from the police station.
While the call was being handled, Lt. Summers looked out an office window and saw a man climb over a fence and enter a controlled-access area of the Police Department. The man matched the description provided by the 911 caller.
Two officers approached him, but police said he initially refused to identify himself. Officers handcuffed the man and arrested him for criminal trespass.
The situation escalated as officers began taking him toward the jail.
According to police, the man pulled away, kicked and attempted to head-butt officers. Once inside, he identified himself as 22-year-old Yoni Rosales but continued resisting correctional officers, police said.
Rosales eventually had to be carried and dragged to a jail cell after refusing to walk, according to the account of the arrest.
Police said the confrontation continued during fingerprinting, when Rosales head-butted a female correctional officer on the left side of her head, causing pain.
Rosales was charged with criminal trespass, resisting arrest and assault of a public servant, a third-degree felony. His bond on the Irving charges was set at $19,000.
The fingerprint check also connected Rosales to a previous Dallas County criminal case involving an assault on a Dallas County Hospital District police officer.
Court records provided for that case show Rosales was arrested in July 2025 after striking the officer with his arm. He underwent a psychiatric evaluation and was subsequently committed to a mental health facility for about six months. His competency was restored in January 2026, allowing the criminal proceedings to resume.
Rosales later entered a guilty plea in an arranged deal. On April 10, 2026, he was placed on two years of deferred adjudication community supervision. Among the conditions were requirements related to a mental health caseload, including taking prescribed medications.
After the new Irving arrest, prosecutors are seeking to revoke that community supervision.
A motion filed in Dallas County Criminal District Court No. 2 states Rosales failed to report to his supervision officer in July, August and September. Prosecutors also argue that he failed to participate in a court-directed alcohol and substance abuse evaluation and treatment program and failed to participate in required psychological or psychiatric treatment and counseling.
Rosales was transferred to the Dallas County Jail on Sept. 28. A warrant related to the supervision violation was served while Rosales was already in custody. He remained jailed as of the latest information available.
