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| Date: June 14, 2010 | ||
| CONDUCTED ENERGY WEAPON USED TO SUBDUE SUICIDAL MAN | ||
Windsor Police have laid numerous charges against a man after he threatened officers with a knife early yesterday morning. At 12:30 a.m. Sunday June 13, 2010, uniformed police officers attended the 700 block of Mill St. for a report of a man threatening to commit suicide over a domestic situation. Officers located a man matching the description of the suicidal man in an alley in the 700 block of Mill St near Rosedale St. Officers observed the man talking on a cell phone and he was carrying a metal folding knife in his hand. From a distance of approximately 30 meters, Officers gave the man loud verbal commands to drop the knife but he refused and began to approach the officers waving the knife in their direction. Two other officers and a Patrol Sergeant had arrived on scene and positioned themselves nearby. The man also approached the other officers on scene and showed a blatant disregard for their commands to drop the knife immediately. The man began to close the distance between himself and the officers and was acting erratically. He continued to wave the knife at the officers, walking toward them and refusing to drop the knife when commanded to do so. The officers dealing with the suspect had drawn their firearms in response to the suspect's actions as he stated that he would kill them with the knife. The Patrol Sergeant on scene deployed the Conducted Energy Weapon at the suspect who was immediately incapacitated and dropped the knife. Officers moved in and arrested the suspect without incident. The suspect was transported to hospital where he was examined and released into Police custody. The suspect did not receive any injuries as a result of being tasered. Robert LAROCK - 33 years of Windsor is charged with Assault With a Weapon, Possession of a Weapon Dangerous to the Public Peace and Uttering Threats To Cause Death. LAROCK has been remanded into custody. |
