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OK: ''911 Call Reveals Woman's Struggle With Purse Thief''
Submitted by cbaus on Tue, 02/22/2005 - 12:53.As you listen to the 911 tape that is the subject of the following story, you will quickly realize the headline should read "911 Call Reveals Woman's Struggle With Police Dispatcher".
Oklahoma City's KOCO-TV is reporting that Oklahoma City police released a 911 recording Thursday which reveals a dramatic struggle following an attempted purse-snatching in south Oklahoma City.
Barbara Gesell, 83, had just pulled into her garage when a man ran inside her garage and grabbed her purse, which has hanging across her shoulder. During the attack, Gesell's car continued forward and struck the back of the garage.
Police told reporters the story might have ended differently if Gesell's daughter, Theresa Gesell, had not taken action.
As Theresa recounts on the 911 call, a 60-year-old neighbor named Hershall heard the commotion and came to their assistance, catching the assailant and wrestling him to the ground when he attempted to run from the scene. During those moments, Gesell called 911.
"A man has attacked us in our house, and we are fighting him in the yard," Theresa Gesell said to the 911 dispatcher.
From the story:
- Theresa then grabbed her .45-caliber pistol and continued running after [the attacker] -- despite the dispatcher's plea for her to drop the handgun.
"I am going to go get my .45 ... you all are too slow," she said.
As the call continues, the dispatcher asks Theresa to get rid of the weapon. However, after the suspect tried to escape along a creek bed, Theresa and Hershall used the pistol to make sure he didn't leave.
"You can go put that gun up now," the dispatcher said.
"No sir," Theresa replied. "We have the gun pointed at him ... he must have been a city fellow because he didn't know anything about the woods."
Eventually, police arrived and arrested Robert Campbell, AKA Roderick Starr. He is expected to be charged with assault and attempted robbery.
With Hershall's help, the Gesells retrieved Barbara's purse.
align="center">Armed robbers steal woman's pants
Submitted by cbaus on Tue, 02/22/2005 - 12:40.The Dayton Daily News is reporting that a Fairborn woman told police two gunmen stole her pants from her as she loaded laundry into her car early Wednesday at Capital Cleaners on Kaufman Avenue.
According to the story, the 21-year-old woman told police the men approached at 3:39 a.m. as she loaded white trash bags full of freshly washed and dried clothes into her car in the parking lot of the business.
From the story:
- She said one of them put a gun to her neck before grabbing four pairs of Fubu jeans from one of her bags and her pink wallet.
Another woman, 33, told police that one of the men suspected in the Laundromat holdup robbed her of jewelry and cash Tuesday night, when he went to her home after calling to say he wanted to pick up a bike left there, police reports said.
The woman told police the man held a black gun to her head after she opened her door. She told police she surrendered $147 and a gold pinky ring.
Despite the fact that laundry businesses are often located in high crime areas and are open 24 hours a day, some Ohio laundromats have posted signs banning customers' right to bear arms for self-defense:
Contact information for these and other dangerous locations is available in OFCC's Do Not Patronize While Armed database.
Are educators more focused on mop-up than terror prevention?
Submitted by cbaus on Tue, 02/22/2005 - 12:36.The Associated Press is reporting that school nurses nationwide are unprepared for a terrorist attack, such as the one that resulted in 330 deaths at a school in Russia last September.
The wire story was filed in Youngstown, where The National Association of School Nurses recently held a disaster-preparedness program. Disaster preparedness trainer Deborah Strouse noted to the AP that many schools don't even have a full-time nurse or health services, and pointed out that Ohio is one of several states that does not require a nurse in every school.
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Ohio sheriffs feel brunt of state funding problems
Submitted by cbaus on Tue, 02/22/2005 - 11:08.The Lancaster Eagle Gazette is reporting that the Fairfield County Sheriff's Office is a little tense these days while employees wait to find out who will be laid off.
From the story:
- In one office, a chair has been decorated to represent a laid off employee; and people are not willing to talk about the cuts publicly.
"It's real difficult," said Fairfield County Sheriff Dave Phalen. "We are meeting with the unions to see what we need to do."
The impending layoffs follow the Feb. 8 special election in which voters defeated a sales tax increase by an overwhelming margin.
"There's very little else we can do," Phalen said.
Phalen said 10 positions have already been eliminated, including four deputies, a road captain, two civilian positions, a dispatcher and a corrections officer.
They're looking at as many as two dozen more being eliminated.
The Sandusky Register is reporting that times are tough in another Ohio county sheriff's office.
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Three teens arrested in ''Parking Lot Predator'' case
Submitted by cbaus on Tue, 02/22/2005 - 11:05.The Dayton Daily News is reporting that three teens suspected in at least 12 armed robberies in Trotwood area apartment complexes have been arrested by police.
Trotwood police said the boys were arrested after a police dog tracked them to an apartment unit moments after an attempted robbery. Using a search warrant, Sgt. David Kopf told the newspaper police found guns and jewelry reported stolen in some of the robberies.
The story says that "the cases last month involved young men brandishing handguns and demanding money from victims. Authorities are still awaiting ballistic tests in two other robberies where shots were fired — including one where an apartment complex maintenance worker was wounded."
These incidences highlight the fact that owners of apartment complexes, trailor parks, etc. are endangering those who live and visit in those places when they enforce prohibitions on their property.
Related Story:
"Parking Lot Predator'' stalking Dayton apartment dwellers
Does this man’s employer ban CCW?
Submitted by cbaus on Tue, 02/22/2005 - 11:04.The Akron Beacon Journal is reporting that a cabdriver was robbed and his vehicle was stolen early Wednesday at Chalker and Dalton streets in North Akron. According to the story, the incident occurred shortly after 4 a.m.
- The Yellow Cab Co. driver told police he picked up a man in the 700 block of Carlysle Street. The man asked the driver to take him to Chalker Street. When they reached their stop, the passenger pulled a gun and ordered the driver to leave the cab and walk behind a house, police said.
After taking the cabby's money, the gunman fled in the cab, which was later recovered.
Upon reading this story, some questions jump to mind:
Obviously the criminal was undeterred...
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Tale of Two Cities: Mansfield cabbies robbed; Nashville cabbie shoots back
Did Ohio's self-defense ban force this taxi cab company out of business?
