TheeBadOne
02-17-2005, 12:29 PM
79-Year-Old Woman Charged in Cane Attack on Ind. Officers
SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Prosecutors have charged a 79-year-old woman accused of injuring two police officers when she struck them with a wooden cane.
The officers, both of whom were treated for their injuries at South Bend area hospitals, were hurt after they arrived at Betty Chambers' home south of South Bend to check on her welfare.
One officer had a separated shoulder and hand injury while the other might have suffered a mild concussion, said Jaimee Thirion, a spokeswoman for St. Joseph County police.
Tuesday afternoon, prosecutors charged Chambers with resisting law enforcement and battery, both felonies.
The altercation began shortly after officers John Pavlekovich and Lonny Foresman arrived at the home Friday evening, a police report said. St. Joseph County Prosecutor Michael Dvorak said officers were called to the home to investigate a possible domestic abuse charge against the woman's caretaker.
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Thank God these Officers didn't use a taser on her, think of the headlines, COPS USE TASER ON 79 YEAR OLD WOMAN!!!
SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Prosecutors have charged a 79-year-old woman accused of injuring two police officers when she struck them with a wooden cane.
The officers, both of whom were treated for their injuries at South Bend area hospitals, were hurt after they arrived at Betty Chambers' home south of South Bend to check on her welfare.
One officer had a separated shoulder and hand injury while the other might have suffered a mild concussion, said Jaimee Thirion, a spokeswoman for St. Joseph County police.
Tuesday afternoon, prosecutors charged Chambers with resisting law enforcement and battery, both felonies.
The altercation began shortly after officers John Pavlekovich and Lonny Foresman arrived at the home Friday evening, a police report said. St. Joseph County Prosecutor Michael Dvorak said officers were called to the home to investigate a possible domestic abuse charge against the woman's caretaker.
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Thank God these Officers didn't use a taser on her, think of the headlines, COPS USE TASER ON 79 YEAR OLD WOMAN!!!