From California

Palm Springs police arrested a repossession agent and a man who sprayed him with a garden house as a vehicle was being recovered, a sergeant said.

The tiff in the 2300 block of Finley Road occurred about 7 Tuesday night, Palm Springs police Sgt. Mitch Spike said. He said 34-year-old Lincoln Walker of Palm Desert went to retrieve a vehicle from someone who was behind on payments.

During the repossession, the owner's roommate, 45-year-old Mark Todd, got Walker's permission to remove personal items from the car, Spike said. But tension rose when Walker asked Todd for the keys, and Todd denied having a set.

Todd "demanded that Walker take the vehicle and leave the property," Spike said. "When Walker refused to leave, Todd allegedly turned on a garden hose and sprayed Walker."

Walker whipped out a collapsible baton and brandished it at Walker, according to Spike.

When police arrived, both were arrested -- Todd on suspicion of misdemeanor battery, and Walker on suspicion of possessing of an unlawful weapon, a felony, and brandishing a weapon, Spike said.

The pair were booked at the Palm Spring Jail and released, he said.