Monday, February 24, 2014

02242014 - Access to firearms increases risk of DV homicide by 500%

According to an article published by the National Network To End Domestic Violence [ "Too Many Domestic Violence Homicide Victims". February 24, 2014], if an abuser has access to a firearm, the victim's risk of being killed by her abuser increases by 500%.

Since a firearm - the abusing officer's duty weapon - is present during OIDV assaults, does that mean that compared to DV victims, that OIDV victims are 500% more likely to be killed?

Has a DV organization finally stepped up and spoken publicly about OIDV and how much more dangerous it is? The answer is: NO. 

NNEDV does not mention OIDV in their recent article, or in their paper that they published last year on DV homicides and an abuser's access to firearms.

Think about that one... How the hell can you do research on DV homicides involving firearms, and not include the most deadliest form of DV associated with shooting deaths: OIDV?










Too Many Domestic Violence Homicide Victims 
Category: News
February 24, 2014
NNEDV - National Network To End Domestic Violence
http://nnedv.org/news/4218-too-many-domestic-violence-homicide-victims.html

Nineteen year old Irais Acosta was just beginning to follow her dreams. She wanted to be a nurse and was planning to enroll at a local community college when her 18-year-old boyfriend, who was described as jealous and controlling, fatally shot her.

Sadly, there are many such stories of promising lives cut short by domestic violence. An average of three women are killed by a current or former abusive partner every single day in the United States. And when abusers have access to firearms, the risk of intimate partner homicide increases by 500%.

For every victim, for every Irais Acosta, we mourn the loss of life, the dreams left unfulfilled, the positive contributions to our society that could have been. We extend sympathy to surviving family, friends, and community members that grieve the loss of their loved ones. And hopefully, we deepen our resolve to work toward a day when these senseless murders no longer shred families and communities.

At NNEDV, we are working to ensure that those convicted of a felony or misdemeanor crime of domestic violence and those with a restraining order against them are not able to purchase or possess a firearm. Federal law already prohibits such individuals from owning or buying guns, yet loopholes in the law create an all-too-easy pathway for abusers to circumvent these prohibitions.
In more than 40 states, criminals convicted of domestic violence offenses (and other prohibited purchasers) can avoid background checks by buying guns — often at gun shows or through anonymous online transactions — from unlicensed private sellers who are not required by current federal law to conduct background checks. Gun owners should also be responsible for ensuring that they are not lending guns to someone who is prohibited from possessing them.

Federal legislation is urgently needed to close dangerous loopholes in the law and to keep guns out of the hands of those who would murder their intimate partners.

For more information and statistics on the tragedy of domestic violence homicides: http://nnedv.org/downloads/Policy/2013AdvConf_GunLegislationBW.pdf
















 GUNS, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 
AND HOMICIDE 

NNEDV
National Network
To End Domestic
Violence

Every day, victims are killed or severely injured due to the lethal combination of guns and domestic violence. 

A staggering number of women are killed at the hands of their abusers, and handguns are the most frequently used weapon in domestic violence homicides. When abusers have access to firearms, victims’ lives are put in grave danger. 

Gun Possession Increases Women’s Risk of Violence and Death 
· Nearly one-third of all women murdered in the United States in recent years were murdered by a current or former intimate partner. In 2010, 1,017 women, more than three a day, were killed by their intimate partners.i 
· More than three times as many women are murdered by guns used by their husbands or intimate partners than are murdered by strangers’ guns, knives, or other weapons combined.ii 
· Women in the United States are eleven times more likely to be murdered with guns than women in other high-income countries.iii 
· Of females killed with a firearm, almost two-thirds were killed by an intimate partner.iv 
· In 2010, 52 percent of female homicide victims were shot and killed with a gun.
· Handguns are more likely than rifles or shotguns to be used in homicides in which men kill women. In 2010, handguns were used in 70 percent of cases where men used firearms to kill women.vi 
· Homes with guns have a 3-fold increased homicide risk as compared to homes without guns. This risk increases to 8-fold when the perpetrator is an intimate partner or relative of the victim. When previous domestic violence exists, the risk of homicide is 20 times higher.vii 
· Access to firearms yields a more than 500% increase in risk of intimate partner homicide when considering other factors of abuse, according to a recent study, suggesting that abusers who have access to guns tend to inflict the most severe abuse on their partners.viii 

Background Checks Can Help Prevent Domestic Violence Homicides and Save Lives 
Background checks are the most effective, systematic way to prevent domestic violence offenders from purchasing firearms. Since its creation in 1998, the National Instant Background Check System (NICS) has successfully resolved over 90% of checks instantaneously and effectively blocked more than two million gun purchases by prohibited buyers. 

But there are two critical problems in the background checks system: data that would disqualify an abuser from purchasing firearms is not always fully or accurately entered into the relevant databases, and prohibited purchasers are able to buy guns from alternative sources. In fact, an estimated 6.6 million guns are sold each year without a background check.ix Stories like that of Zina Daniel of Brookfield, WI, illustrate the lethal nature of these loopholes. Zina obtained a restraining order against her abusive husband, Radcliffe Haughton, on October 18, 2012; yet he was able to obtain a gun over the internet without a background check, and on October 21, 2012, he murdered his wife at her place of work and also killed two bystanders before committing suicide. These gaps must be remedied in order to save lives by preventing abusers from accessing firearms. 

Legislative Solutions 
To keep victims of domestic violence safe from deadly gun violence, Congress must pass legislation that: 
· Ensures that data is promptly and completely entered into NICS databases: Courts need additional resources in order to automate their recordkeeping systems so that restraining orders and domestic violence convictions, along with all of the necessary data elements, can be entered and uploaded immediately to NICS databases. Too often, abusers are able to purchase firearms simply because the data designating them as prohibited purchasers fails to make it into the NICS system. For example, from 1998 to 2001, more than 2,800 people with misdemeanor domestic violence convictions were able to purchase guns without being identified by NICS, in part because required data elements were missing.x In domestic violence cases, where the risk of lethality is especially high immediately after the issuance of a restraining order or a criminal conviction, it is imperative that abusers’ prohibited purchaser status is swiftly and consistently identified through NICS. We urge Congress to provide incentives to ensure that all states promptly and completely enter both civil and criminal prohibited purchaser data to improve the efficient operation of NICS. 

· Expand background checks to close the “private sale loophole”: The “private sale loophole” gives domestic violence offenders and other prohibited purchasers easy access to guns. In more than 40 states, criminals convicted of domestic violence offenses and other prohibited purchasers can avoid background checks by buying handguns or long guns — often at gun shows or through anonymous online transactions — from unlicensed “private sellers” who are not required by current federal law to conduct background checks. Federal legislation is urgently needed to close this dangerous loophole and to keep guns out of the hands of those who would murder their intimate partners. 

To keep victims of domestic violence safe from deadly gun violence, Congress must pass legislation that requires background checks for all gun sales and improves utilization of the National Instant Criminal Background Checks system. 
· Representatives: Co-sponsor H.R. 1565 and pass legislation that includes these key provisions 
· Senators: Pass legislation that includes these key provisions 

Rennison, Callie Marie and Sarah Welchans. 2003. Intimate Partner Violence 1993-2001. U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics. Washington, DC; When Men Murder Women: An Analysis of 2010 Homicide Data: Females Murdered by Males in Single Victim/Single Offender Incidents. 2012. Violence Policy Center. Washington, DC. http://www.vpc.org/studies/wmmw2012.pdf. 
ii Violence Policy Center. (2004). When Men Murder Women: An Analysis of 2002 Homicide Data: Females Murdered by Males in Single Victim/Single Offender Incidents. 
iii D. Hemenway and E.G. Richardson, “Homicide, Suicide, and Unintentional Firearm Fatality: Comparing the United States with Other High-Income Countries, 2003,” 70 Journal of Trauma 238-42 (2011), available at doi: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181dbaddf. 
iv When Men Murder Women: An Analysis of 2010 Homicide Data: Females Murdered by Males in Single Victim/Single Offender Incidents. 2012. Violence Policy Center. Washington, DC. http://www.vpc.org/studies/wmmw2012.pdf. 
v When Men Murder Women: An Analysis of 2010 Homicide Data: Females Murdered by Males in Single Victim/Single Offender Incidents. 2012. Violence Policy Center. Washington, DC. http://www.vpc.org/studies/wmmw2012.pdf. 
vi When Men Murder Women: An Analysis of 2010 Homicide Data: Females Murdered by Males in Single Victim/Single Offender Incidents. 2012. Violence Policy Center. Washington, DC. http://www.vpc.org/studies/wmmw2012.pdf. 
vii Kellermann AL, Rivara FP, Rushforth NB, et al. Gun ownership as a risk factor for homicide in the home. New England Journal of Medicine. 1993;329(15):1084-1091 
viii J. C. Campbell, J.C.,Webster, D., Koziol-McLain, J. and et al. (2003). Risk Factors For Femicide in Abusive Relationships: Results From A Multi-Site Case Control Study. American Journal of Public Health. 93(7). 
ix Mayors Against Illegal Guns. http://libcloud.s3.amazonaws.com/9/0f/f/1721/Background_Checks_Fact_Sheet.pdf 
x Opportunities to Close Loopholes in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System. 2002. Report to the Ranking Member, Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives Genearl Accounting Office, Washington DC.

Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV) | 1400 16th Street NW, Suite 330 | Washington, DC 20036 Phone: (202) 543-5566 | Email: advocacy@nnedv.org | Web: www.nnedv.org 











I searched the NNEDV website [http://nnedv.org/ ] to see if they had any studies or information on OIDV - I found nothing:












So, I decided to contact NNEDV and ask them why they are not talking about OIDV in their DV homicide and access to firearms stats:





Tuesday, January 28, 2014

01282014 - Officer Timothy Hibbard - Jackson PD

A family in crisis...


Also see:

Officer Timothy Hibbard - Self-defense shooting of murderer Marshan Worthey [ August 08, 2008]
http://michiganoidv.blogspot.com/2008/08/officer-timothy-hibbard-self-defense.html

Officer Timothy Hibbard - Gerald Landrum charged w/attempted murder of Hibbard. [April 17, 2004]
http://michiganoidv.blogspot.com/2004/04/officer-timothy-hibbard-gerald-landrum.html

Officer Timothy Hibbard - Samuel M. Thomas convicted for dragging Officer Hibbard w/vehicle [August 15, 2002]
http://michiganoidv.blogspot.com/2002/08/officer-timothy-hibbard-samuel-m-thomas.html









No charges against Jackson police officer involved in domestic dispute
Danielle Salisbury
MLive
February 28, 2014 at 6:30 AM
Updated February 28, 2014 at 7:09 AM 
JACKSON, MI – A prosecutor has decided not to issue any charges against a Jackson police sergeant who had a heated dispute with his wife, moving a relative to call 911.

There was “insufficient evidence” to charge Timothy Hibbard, a sergeant at the police department, the Branch County prosecutor informed Jackson County Prosecutor Jerry Jarzynka, who asked the state attorney general’s office to assign a special prosecutor to review the case.

Messages left late last week and early this week for Branch County Prosecutor Ralph Kimble were not returned.

When Jackson County Sheriff’s deputies came to Hibbard’s home Jan. 28, Hibbard and his wife, Marcy Hibbard, said they were having a verbal argument. Both said Timothy Hibbard did not push or hit Marcy Hibbard, but she reported she was “very afraid” of her husband, according to a sheriff’s office report. One son also said there was no physical contact. A younger son said Timothy Hibbard shoved his wife as he tried to get to a gun safe.

The younger son's aunt called 911 when the boy contacted her, saying his parents were involved in a domestic situation, according to the sheriff’s office report. He had heard "a bunch of yelling and screaming," and left the house, according to the report.

The couple had been fighting, both Marcy and Timothy Hibbard said. At one point, Hibbard “blew up,” threw his cell phone and broke it. This behavior frightened his wife and she told a deputy she went downstairs and locked herself in a bathroom.

Hibbard kept yelling at her to open the door. He wanted her cell phone, the report states.

He was “shaking” the door, trying to gain access, she said. Timothy Hibbard said he tried to kick in the door. She eventually opened it and he grabbed the phone, yelling and cussing at her, according to the police report.

Hibbard, who had been drinking whiskey and taking medication, started stumbling toward a gun cabinet, but his wife stood in the way. She stopped him when he tried to access it, she told a deputy. Hibbard said he never threatened to use the gun on his wife.

Hibbard and his wife’s dispute centered on an internal issue at the police department, his wife said, according to a sheriff’s report, which does not specify the issue. It involved Marcy Hibbard, who is a service desk employee at the police department, and a supervisor.

Matt Heins, Jackson director of police and fire services, declined to comment when asked about the supervisor’s involvement or position with the department.

He said Hibbard remained on paid administrative leave. Commanders were reviewing an internal investigation and were to make a recommendation to Heins about any needed administrative action, Heins said.

Hibbard was not arrested. He was placed in “protective custody” and taken to Allegiance Health for a mental health evaluation. 

When told of this, Hibbard was "extremely confrontational," the report states. Deputies were able to talk Hibbard into going outside, where he willingly got into a patrol vehicle after a short conversation.



















POSSIBLE ASSAULT CASE INVOLVING OFFICER 
February 06, 2014 at 6:45 AM 
Tarryl Jackson
MLive

JACKSON, MI — Good morning, Jackson! Today is Thursday, Feb. 6.
Welcome to Jackson Current, your daily peek into stories we're working on and a look back at the latest news.

POSSIBLE ASSAULT CASE INVOLVING OFFICER — A prosecutor outside Jackson County will review a possible assault case involving a Jackson police officer. The Jackson County Prosecutor's Office on Monday received a warrant request regarding Timothy Hibbard, a sergeant at the Jackson Police Department, and he has asked the state attorney general's office to assign a special prosecutor to review the case. 





















Prosecutor to review possible assault involving police officer
Jackson Citizen Patriot (MI) 
Thursday, February 6, 2014 
By Danielle Salisbury 

A prosecutor outside Jackson County will review a possible assault case involving a Jackson police officer. 

Jackson County Prosecutor Jerry Jarzynka said his office Monday received a warrant request regarding Timothy Hibbard , a sergeant at the Jackson Police Department, and he has asked the state attorney general's office to assign a special prosecutor to review the case. 

There is an allegation of a physical assault, Jarzynka said, declining to release further details about the complaint. 

County Undersheriff Chris Kuhl said a deputy or deputies were called Jan. 28 to a home in the southern part of the county for a report of a domestic dispute or incident between a husband and wife. 

Kuhl declined to release specifics and did not confirm the name of the man involved. 

The case is open, and the man was not arrested and has not been charged with any crime. 

Kuhl was not aware of anyone being hurt. Only two people were there. 

The man was placed in protective custody and taken to Allegiance Health in Jackson for a mental health evaluation because of statements he made on scene, Kuhl said. 

Matt Heins, Jackson director of police and fire services, said Hibbard is on paid administrative leave while the case is investigated.




















Outside prosecutor to review possible assault case involving Jackson police officer
Danielle Salisbury
February 05, 2014 at 7:52 AM
Updated February 05, 2014 at 4:19 PM 


JACKSON, MI – A prosecutor outside Jackson County will review a possible assault case involving a Jackson police officer.

Jackson County Prosecutor Jerry Jarzynka said his office on Monday, Feb. 3, received a warrant request regarding Timothy Hibbard, a sergeant at the Jackson Police Department, and he has asked the state attorney general’s office to assign a special prosecutor to review the case.

There is an allegation of a physical assault, Jarzynka said, declining to release further details about the complaint.

When asked about the case, county Undersheriff Chris Kuhl said a deputy or deputies were called Jan. 28 to a home in the southern part of the county for a report of a domestic altercation or incident between a husband and wife. Kuhl declined to release many specifics and did not confirm the name of the man involved. The case is open and pending and the man was not arrested and has not been charged with any crime.

Kuhl was not aware of anyone being hurt. Only two people were there at the time, he said.
The man was placed in protective custody and taken to Allegiance Health for a mental health evaluation because of statements he made on scene, Kuhl said. 

Matt Heins, Jackson director of police and fire services, said Hibbard is on paid administrative leave as the police department conducts an administrative review to see if there are any policy violations.

The results of the review will determine what, if any, disciplinary action would be required, Heins said.










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Domestic calls fraught with danger - Emotion, unknowns make for explosive situations
Jackson Citizen Patriot (MI) 
Sunday, March 14, 2010 


...Aug. 3, 2008, Marshan Worthey killed his former girlfriend and fired at responding officers with a stolen .22-caliber handgun. Jackson Police Sgt. Timothy Hibbard and officers Jason Ganzhorn and Wesley Stanton returned fire, shooting more than a dozen times and killing Worthey. 

Worthey had shot Shakia Kelley, 22, and dragged her body 100 yards in the area of Bloomfield  Boulevard and Woodbridge Street, officials said... 




















Officials: Officers justified in shooting
Jackson Citizen Patriot (MI) 


Jackson police officers were justified in shooting to death an armed murder suspect on Aug. 3, investigators and prosecutors concluded Thursday.... 

At a press conference, he played a recording from officers' microphones. The officers are heard ordering Worthey to show his hands as he crouched near Kelley's body at Bloomfield Boulevard and Woodbridge Street. 

"I'll kill you bitches!" Worthey shouted at police, just before they shot him to death... 























Police: Man shot girlfriend - Woman was trying to distance herself from boyfriend before fatal shootings
Jackson Citizen Patriot (MI) 
Tuesday, August 5, 2008 
Shakia Kelley had filed a personal protection order against Marshan Worthey and was trying to distance herself from the father of her children... 

Police believe Worthey, 24, shot and killed Shakia Kelley, 22, of Jackson about 5 a.m. Sunday on Bloomfield Boulevard near Woodbridge Street, less than a quarter mile from her home, and dragged her down the road. 

Three Jackson officers, called to a report of shots fired on Bloomfield, shot and killed Worthey after they approached him on Woodbridge Street at W. Euclid Avenue and he pointed a gun at them, Jackson Deputy Chief John Holda said... 

Worthey pointed a handgun at acting Sgt. Timothy Hibbard and officers Jason Ganzhorn and Wesley Stanton, and ignored their verbal commands, Holda said. 

"They fired to stop the threat," he said... 
















June 23, 2008

http://michiganoidv.blogspot.com/2004/04/officer-timothy-hibbard-gerald-landrum.html

Gerald Landrum's Michigan Supreme Court appeal of his conviction under MCR 6.508[D] was denied.

Gerald Landrum was originally charged with attempted murder of Officer Timothy Hibbard during an April 2004 arrest. 

Landrum was convicted in July 2004 of assault with intent to do great bodily harm against Officer Hibbard and resisting and obstructing police causing injury...




















November 16, 2007
http://michiganoidv.blogspot.com/2004/04/officer-timothy-hibbard-gerald-landrum.html

Gerald Landrum's appeal of his conviction under MCR 6.508[D] was denied

Gerald Landrum was originally charged with attempted murder of Officer Timothy Hibbard during an April 2004 arrest. 

Landrum was convicted in July 2004 of assault with intent to do great bodily harm against Officer Hibbard and resisting and obstructing police causing injury...






















Appeal rejected for man who dragged cop
Jackson Citizen Patriot (MI) 
Wednesday, August 22, 2007 

Retired Circuit Judge Alexander Perlos was not known for exceeding sentencing guidelines. 

But he unloaded on Samuel M. Thomas for dragging a Jackson police officer through the street in 2002. He sent Thomas to prison for 20 to 40 years, well above the recommended four to 16 
years... 

Testimony indicated Hibbard's arm was wedged in the car door as Thomas drove 80 yards down the street at 40 mph. Thomas had violated parole and attempted to flee when Hibbard pulled him over in a traffic stop... 












April 28, 2006
http://michiganoidv.blogspot.com/2004/04/officer-timothy-hibbard-gerald-landrum.html

Gerald Landrum's Michigan Supreme Court appeal of his conviction was denied.

Gerald Landrum was originally charged with attempted murder of Officer Timothy Hibbard during an April 2004 arrest. 

Landrum convicted in July 2004 of assault with intent to do great bodily harm against Officer Hibbard and resisting and obstructing police causing injury...


















December 22, 2005
http://michiganoidv.blogspot.com/2004/04/officer-timothy-hibbard-gerald-landrum.html

Gerald Landrum's  appeal of his conviction was denied.

Gerald Landrum was originally charged with attempted murder of Officer Timothy Hibbard during an April 2004 arrest. 

Landrum was convicted in July 2004 of assault with intent to do great bodily harm against Officer Hibbard and resisting and obstructing police causing injury...























Appeals fail to overturn two convictions
Jackson Citizen Patriot (MI)
Sunday, May 1, 2005
http://michiganoidv.blogspot.com/2002/08/officer-timothy-hibbard-samuel-m-thomas.html

He dragged a Jackson cop through the streets, breaking his neck...Thomas was convicted of resisting arrest causing serious injury to Officer Timothy Hibbard . 

Circuit Judge Alexander Perlos, now retired, exceeded guidelines with a sentence of 20 to 40 years in prison. The recommended minimum range was four to 16 years... 

Judges have discretion in going under or over sentencing guidelines if their stated reasons are compelling. 














April 26, 2005
http://michiganoidv.blogspot.com/2002/08/officer-timothy-hibbard-samuel-m-thomas.html

Michigan Supreme Court denied Gerald Thomas' appeal of his conviction for his assault on Officer Timothy Hibbard...

















Man gets 10 to 15 years after struggle with police
Jackson Citizen Patriot (MI)
Friday, August 6, 2004
http://michiganoidv.blogspot.com/2004/04/officer-timothy-hibbard-gerald-landrum.html

A Jackson man who struggled with three city police officers during his arrest will spend 10 to 15 years in prison...

A jury last month acquitted Landrum of the most serious offense of attempting to murder an officer, but convicted him of four counts: assault with intent to do great bodily harm against Officer Timothy Hibbard ; resisting and obstructing police causing injury, and two counts of resisting and obstructing officers Ryan LePeak and Brent Craft... 












August 05, 2004
http://michiganoidv.blogspot.com/2004/04/officer-timothy-hibbard-gerald-landrum.html

Gerald Landrum sentenced for assault on Officer Timothy Hibbard...
















Court upholds judge's sentence
Jackson Citizen Patriot (MI)
Friday, July 16, 2004
http://michiganoidv.blogspot.com/2002/08/officer-timothy-hibbard-samuel-m-thomas.html

A man who dragged a Jackson police officer with his car, breaking his neck, was justly convicted and sentenced fairly by a judge who exceeded guidelines, the state Court of Appeals ruled...

Further, Circuit Judge Alexander Perlos did not abuse his discretion in sentencing Thomas to 20 to 40 years for resisting arrest causing serious injury to an officer. The recommended minimum range was about four to 16 years... 
















July 13, 2004
http://michiganoidv.blogspot.com/2002/08/officer-timothy-hibbard-samuel-m-thomas.html

Michigan Court of Appeals denied Samuel M. Thomas' appeal of his conviction for assault of Officer Timothy Hibbard.



















Man beats rap, faces time
Jackson Citizen Patriot (MI) 
Thursday, July 8, 2004 


A man accused of attempting to kill a Jackson police officer and take his gun was acquitted Wednesday of those charges, but still faces up to 20 years in prison. 

A jury found Gerald Landrum guilty of a lesser count of assault with intent to cause great bodily harm less than murder to Officer Timothy Hibbard in his April 17 arrest... 














Officers detail 'lethal' situation
Jackson Citizen Patriot (MI)
Wednesday, July 7, 2004
http://michiganoidv.blogspot.com/2004/04/officer-timothy-hibbard-gerald-landrum.html

...Assistant Prosecutor Allison Bates on Tuesday showed the video recorded from a police patrol car, but will rely on testimony from three Jackson police officers - one of whom Landrum allegedly attempted to kill. 

"He got his right arm around my throat, his left arm going around my body," Officer Timothy Hibbard testified. "I could feel the jerking on my holster and gun."... 












April 17, 2004
http://michiganoidv.blogspot.com/2004/04/officer-timothy-hibbard-gerald-landrum.html

Gerald Landrum was charged with attempted murder of Officer Timothy Hibbard. During his arrest, Landrum choked Officer Hibbard and attempted to wrestle the officer's gun out of its holster.














Incident draws stiff sentence
Jackson Citizen Patriot (MI)
Thursday, December 12, 2002
http://michiganoidv.blogspot.com/2002/08/officer-timothy-hibbard-samuel-m-thomas.html

A Jackson man will spend 20 to 40 years in prison for dragging a city police officer and breaking the officer's neck in what began as a routine traffic stop. 

Samuel Thomas, 36, was sentenced Wednesday by Circuit Judge Alexander Perlos to a minimum of 20 years and a maximum of 40 years for the Aug. 15 incident in which Officer Timothy Hibbard was dragged about 80 yards at speeds of up to 40 mph... 







December 11, 2002
http://michiganoidv.blogspot.com/2002/08/officer-timothy-hibbard-samuel-m-thomas.html

Samuel M. Thomas was sentenced to 20 - 40 years in prison for his August 2002 assault on Officer Timothy Hibbard...
















Man convicted in cop dragging
Jackson Citizen Patriot (MI)
Thursday, November 7, 2002
http://michiganoidv.blogspot.com/2002/08/officer-timothy-hibbard-samuel-m-thomas.html

Parolee could face life in prison after being found guilty in the incident in which an officer suffered a broken neck... 

"I was fleeing and eluding to keep from going to jail," Thomas testified. "He put his self in danger." ...

Officers Steven Scarpino and Andrew Flint testified Hibbard was dragged or carried up to 245 feet. Hibbard said he thought Thomas was driving 30 to 40 mph and trying to shuck him off against a tree... 







August 15, 2002

During a traffic stop, Samuel Thomas dragged Officer Timothy Hibbard several yards with his vehicle - at speeds estimated to be upwards to 40 mph. Officer Hibbard suffered a broken neck.