The police pretends to arrest Baretta at Topanga Beach

Title

The police pretends to arrest Baretta at Topanga Beach

Description

A police officer pretends to arrest Robert Overby (Baretta) while another man pretends to beat him with a stick of arundo bamboo in the Topanga Beach parking lot in front of the Topanga Ranch Motel.

Date

December 2010

Source

Digital only

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Creator

Beth Stempel
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Citation

Beth Stempel, “The police pretends to arrest Baretta at Topanga Beach,” Topanga Historical Society Digital Archive, accessed November 8, 2026, https://topangahistoricalsociety.org/archive/document/3567.