A Cincinnati man who was placed in a halfway house in Camp Washington, Ohio for offenses unknown to news organizations was considered to have escaped when he left the halfway house without permission at 2:50 a.m. on August 9th.
He remained at large, and in violation of his parole, until the end of November, when on Sunday, November 29 he fired a gun through a window at the residence of his child’s mother. The incidence took place in the 200 block of Craft Street in Winton Hills. The woman was struck in the left arm.
He escaped again and remained at large, eluding capture until the middle of the day on Wednesday. A Cincinnati police officer saw him in Walnut Hills and tried to stop him. The man ran away from the police officers but was pursued vigorously. He received a shock from a TASER gun while on the Interstate 471 ramp and was subsequently brought into custody.
He was booked into the Hamilton County Jail at about 1:30 p.m. on that same day and charged with escape, felonious assault and obstructing official business.
The man was able to remain at large for nearly 4 and a half months so it is not unfathomable to think that without the use of a TASER gun he might have been able to escape yet again. Luckily he was apprehended before he could do any further harm to his child’s mother or other members of the community.
Because of the use of the TASER gun, he was apprehended with a minimum amount of force which creates a safer environment for suspect and police officer alike.
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A 23 year old man was arrested with the aid of a stun gun after a fight in a Philadelphia area bar.
A fight broke out in the bar’s men’s restroom after the man allegedly attacked another man at around 1:20 am. The man allegedly grabbed another patron from behind, forcibly turned him around and immediately punched him in the face.
The fight grew when the alleged victim’s friends came to his rescue and fended off the attacker. The man denies starting the fight and says, instead, that the alleged victim and his friends had targeted him because they didn’t like him.
In the bar’s parking lot, police questioned witnesses about the incident. During that time, the alleged attacker attempted to escape by running away from the area. A police officer used a stun gun on the man but was unable to stop him from fleeing. The man ran across 6 lanes of traffic on Easton Road. The police officers continued their pursuit until they tackled the man and then used the stun gun again when he continued to struggle.
Subdued enough to arrest, the man still continued to cry out and bang his head against the patrol car. The man eventually went into seizures at the police station and was taken to a local hospital and currently reported to be in fair condition.
He was arrested on charges of aggravated assault, resisting arrest, public drunkenness, disorderly conduct, reckless endangerment, harassment and simple assault. The assault charge is a felony. The man’s bail was set at $100,000.
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A karate instructor in Canfield, Ohio taught a class at the Old North Church on Saturday that covered the basics of self-defense when shopping or attending late night parties.
Meant to combat the rise in crime during the holiday season, the class was a women only event and focused on things like being aware while you are shopping or coming home from late events.
The karate instructor explained that would be robbers and attackers look for easy victims, for people who will not fight back for whatever reason. The goal of the class was to help women have an attitude that will discourage would be robbers and attackers.
Women should feel like they can protect themselves and those attending the class agreed that they felt considerably more confident, which was the goal of the karate instructor who organized the class.
Important highlights included always being aware of your surroundings and only carry the essentials with you such as required credit cards, personal papers etc.
Getting into the holiday spirit doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t adequately prepare for the possibility of coming into harm’s way at some point. Self defense, also, does not need to be so elaborate as to take away from the holiday spirit.
A happy medium can be found with the use of basic self defense tools to help you to feel confident in your ability to avoid dangerous situations and/or evade would be attackers. Items of personal protection such as pepper spray, stun guns or TASER guns can also be helpful in feeling confident and secure.
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Early in December in London, England a candle light vigil was held to remember those women who have died due to acts of violence.
The Ritual of Remembrance was held at Brescia University College on the 20th anniversary of the Montreal massacre of 14 female students who were killed at the Ecole Polytechnique and was meant to renew the resolve to end violence against women.
Candles were burned in honor of loved ones who had died, roses were laid on the ground or on empty chairs to signify those lost and at one point 200 people wailed in unison to represent the lives lost to violence.
One woman who attended the ceremony recounted an incident that had occurred just three days prior to the candle light vigil. She had been delivering an item to the mail room of an apartment building when a middle aged woman approached her. The woman was obviously very recently battered and had bruises and other injuries on her face.
Within a few moments, the battered woman’s abuser appeared. The first woman pulled out her pepper spray to defend the battered woman and the abuser left, sufficiently intimidated by simply the sight of the pepper spray.
The woman gave the battered woman a hug as the battered woman said that she didn’t want the abuser to be arrested as he was on probation and he hadn’t hit her for a while. At the candle light vigil the brave defender said, “In my heart, I want to help all who live in fear.” Clearly, when push comes to shove this woman will do just that.
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A Texas man was stopped for driving under the influence by Houston County Sheriff Deputies but when he attempted to run from officers he was also charged with felony third degree escape.
The man, who appeared in court this week, was pulled over as part of Thanksgiving Day precautions against drunk driving. When sheriff deputies attempted to arrest him for driving under the influence he twisted out of the handcuffs and ran away from the patrol car.
Another sheriff’s deputy used a TASER on the man, who nonetheless continued to run away. The first deputy used another TASER on the man and noted that the man “fought until the end.” It took three or four deputies to handcuff and arrest the man, even after receiving two TASER shots.
The man maintained at the hearing that he was not drunk at the time and wasn’t being unruly until they attempted to “lock [him] up.” He notes that he should not have tried to run away.
The District Court Judge set a $15,000 bond for the resisting arrest charge, a misdemeanor, and a $5,000 bond for the driving under the influence (DUI) charge. The man also received a $15,000 bond for the felony third degree escape charge.
The man, who if not drunk at the time, was highly agitated and in an altered state. He was a considerable risk to police officers and citizens in the area. Although TASERs alone did not subdue the man, they were an important tool in helping to control a highly agitated person.
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A 24-year-old murder suspect in Jefferson, Wisconsin, near Madison in the south central portion of the state, was carried out of the courtroom after erupting violently in court on Monday.
The murder suspect challenged sheriff deputies by standing up, shouted profanities and starting to fight with deputies. A large contingent of deputies, five in total, forced him onto a table in an attempt to subdue him. The deputies then used a stun gun and bodily removed him from the courtroom. The entire incident was recorded on video.
The murder suspect is obviously a highly volatile man who is charged with killing two people outside of a Jefferson area bar in the early hours of the morning. The two people slain, an off duty police officer, a 6 year veteran from the town of Oconomowoc’s police department, and her boyfriend, were said to have been killed over a petty bar dispute.
The two individuals where transported to different hospitals after the shooting. The off duty police officer died at Fort Memorial Hospital in Fort Atkinson and her boyfriend died at a Milwaukee hospital early Sunday morning.
Immediately prior to the outburst the murder suspect had learned that the judge set his bail at one million dollars.
Considering how high emotions run in cases involving the death of a law enforcement officer, it is good that it is possible to subdue a violent offender using a non-lethal weapon. Order in the courtroom was maintained with the minimum amount of force.
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First time small stun gun purchasers are experiencing unexpected perks. Some people consider themselves alert and at least moderately prepared to face any number of situations. For those who have not been so proactive it is a different matter altogether.
For a good chunk of time huge sections of America have depended on law enforcement agencies for their personal protection. Many of that group have been deeply disappointed to find that, while they are well-intended, those officials function mainly as investigative agencies. That dumps the ongoing issue of personal protection right back into the laps of private citizens across the land. Nobody intended for it to be that way, but it is how things worked out.
Now, there is a nationwide movement to protect ourselves in virtually all arenas of our lives. In order to accomplish that, Americans are flocking to vendors who provide non lethal weapons for that very purpose.
A small stun gun is the weapon of choice for several reasons.
• Most models are economical. You don’t have to invest your life savings to get one.
• The new generation of stun guns is so small that they are virtually invisible, making them perfect to wear or carry while you go about your daily life.
• The batteries that power these little stunners are inexpensive and available virtually everywhere.
• The levels of power available make it possible to achieve a knockdown much more rapidly than with previously available voltage.
Heck, they even come in designer colors.
Now I ask you: What more could a gal – or guy – ask?
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A store clerk in Fresno, California, acted in self defense when he shot a man who, with a friend, attempted to rob the liquor store at which he worked.
The 29 year old man and his friend approached the checkout and confronted the clerk with a semi-automatic gun but were surprised by the semi-automatic gun that the clerk also possessed. The clerk waited for an appropriate moment and fired, leaving one man fatally injured.
The man who was shot had a criminal history that included car jacking, carrying a concealed weapon, and vehicle theft. The entire encounter between the would-be robbers and the clerk was captured on surveillance video.
After examining the video, the local police chief was confident that the shooting was carried out in self-defense. The police chief has said that he fully supports a business owner’s right to self-defense and their right to arm themselves for self-defense. He also noted that there has been an increase in business based robberies recently in Fresno.
The owner of the liquor store in question noted that the businesses in that area are prone to armed robbery. This is the reason he makes a gun available to the clerks who work overnight in the store. The store is open 24 hours a day.
While the death of a person is not something to dismiss lightly, it is admirable that the store clerk was confident enough to defend himself in the face of two aggressive criminals. Quick access to a weapon that he was comfortable using helped to protect his life and property.
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Early Friday afternoon, a concerned citizen reported to the police that a suspicious person was looking into vehicles at 20th Street and Baynard Boulevard in Wilmington, Delaware. A second caller reported to police that cars were being broken into in that same area. Police were dispatched to investigate.
The suspect attempted to flee from police but the responding officers used a stun gun to subdue him. Later it was discovered that the suspect was armed.
According to the Wilmington Police Spokesman, the man carried a .22 handgun in the waistband of his pants and had 3 bags of marijuana on his person.
The man was charged with carrying a concealed deadly weapon, possession of a firearm by a person prohibited, resisting arrest, and possession of marijuana. After providing $2500 bail, the man was released pending trial.
Considering the large amount of marijuana found (it is unknown if the suspect was currently using illegal drugs) and the concealed weapon, a confrontation that escalated to the point of firearm usage would certainly have carried the possibility of multiple injuries and/or fatalities.
The quick use of the stun gun prevented the man from using his concealed firearm to attempt an escape from police thus keeping a dangerous situation from becoming even more hazardous.
Targeted and timely police intervention protected property, by preventing robbery, and people, preventing injuries or fatalities, by using the least amount of force required to do the job.
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Tens of thousands of protesters have gathered in Copenhagen this week and last to make their voices heard on the issue of climate change.
The demonstrators quickly became unruly, though, and threatened to disrupt the conference. One group threatened to take over the conference and make it a “people’s assembly.” The proximity of disruptive protesters forced Danish riot police to form a protective human barrier between the protesters and the Bella Center conference hall.
Hundreds of protesters, some counts recorded nearly 1,000, were arrested on the first day; primarily the members of a left wing group called Black Bloc. More than 250 protesters were arrested or detained following the use of pepper spray to subdue the crowd on Wednesday.
Protesters also used noise to disrupt the conference. During a live television interview, protesters chanted and began singing in order to drown out the person being interviewed, a controversial filmmaker. Finally the interview was canceled when protesters threw things at the filmmaker and made threats towards him.
The violence got out of control on Wednesday so the police officers subdued the protesters by firing pepper spray into the crowd. They also used batons to control the rioting crowd.
The entirety of the conference was larger than anticipated. The Danish government had expected 15,000 delegates but over 30,000 delegates arrived. Such a large gathering of people passionate about a hot button topic is bound to have its unruly moments. Luckily the police officers had the means to handle any issues that arose. Pepper spray was forceful enough to handle the unruly crowd but not so overwhelmingly forceful as to cause considerable harm.
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