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Friday, October 17, 2008
Woman upsets firefighters by running over their hose
HARRISON Twp., Montgomery County — Ever wonder how you can upset 30 firefighters so much that they ask police to arrest you?
Run over their fire hose.
Oh it happened, my friends. Tuesday night, Oct. 14, I was at an apartment fire in the 4100 block of King Tree Drive when I was almost run over by a silver Pontiac Grand Prix driving up Iddings Court.
Usually when there are five fire engines, including a ladder truck, a few medics and Montgomery County Sheriff’s deputies at a fire there isn’t much through traffic.
Evidently, that didn’t stop Jakendia Morgan, 38, from running over a large fire hose that was connected to a hydrant and running across Iddings Court.
To make matters worse, as Morgan was being chased down by angry firefighters, she pulled up next to a fire engine being used to battle the blaze.
Not even the media gets to park that close.
She wasn’t out of her car before firefighters asked her what she was thinking.
“I didn’t see (the hose),” Morgan said. “I swear I didn’t see it there.”
Mind you, the hose is as thick as your thigh. She tried to explain that she saw a Dayton Power and Light truck in the front yard and thought the power was out.
When asked what about all the flashing lights and the smoke, she had no answer.
“It is one of my girlfriend’s birthday and she lives in one of these apartments,” Morgan said. “I really didn’t mean to cause any trouble.”
All her explaining couldn’t get Morgan out of a citation for running over the hose. If there was damage to the hose, Morgan will also have to shell out some cash to replace it.
“Everyone needs to remember to slow down and make sure everything is safe before entering a scene like that,” Sheriff Phil Plummer said. “If you can, pull over to the left side of the road and wait for someone to tell you it is safe to travel through.”
And?
“Definitely never run over a fire hose,” Plummer said. “It could damage the hose and cost lives.”
No one was at home during the fire and it was contained to one apartment, Harrison Twp. Fire Chief Mark Lynch said. It was a minor blaze after it was all said and done.
TweetMan looking to buy drugs instead helps bust dealer
DAYTON - A man driving a car with out-of-county license plates and looking to buy drugs Thursday, Oct. 16, instead helped Dayton police arrest his alleged drug dealer.
Officers pulled the car over on Gettysburg Avenue at about 8 p.m. for a traffic violation.
The man said he was looking to buy “caps” (heroin capsules) from a man named “Peanut,” according to the report.
Officers asked the man if he would call Peanut and arrange a drug deal, the report stated.
The man said “… I need help with my drug problem and these drug dealers need to be caught,” according to the report.
The driver called a man and said “I need eight caps. I got 80 (dollars),” the report said.
As officers listened to the conversation, the voice on the phone said go to Shiloh Springs by Hara Arena. There, the dealer got spooked after seeing officers following the car of the man they had pulled over.
Another call was made to the drug dealer, who then instructed they call another phone number, the report stated. Officers instructed their man to call and the voice on the phone said to meet him at Denlinger Drive.
As everyone arrived near Denlinger Drive, Keith Strickland Jr., 20, pulled up in a white Dodge Intrepid and allegedly handed over eight capsules of heroin and took $80, the report stated.
Officers then pulled Strickland (pictured) over in the 4600 block of Salem Avenue.
Strickland, who is already facing felony charges of heroin possession from an arrest in May, first denied he sold the drugs, though officers found a baggie full of heroin capsules from his pocket, the report stated.
He later changed his story, and allegedly admitted to selling the heroin capsules. He now faces two more felony charges of drug trafficking and drug possession.
The driver pulled over in the traffic stop was not charged with a crime. Police are still trying to determine the identity of the first man who was going to sell some heroin.
TweetWomen looking to buy marijuana asked for their shirts
DAYTON - Two women looking to buy some weed from a dealer they knew as “Mike” arrived in the 3900 block of Nicholas Road on Wednesday, Oct. 15, and were told to surrender their shirts, according to a police report.
A 27-year-old woman who was named in the report said Mike told her to go into a house she had never been inside about 6:30 p.m. and have a seat, the report stated. That woman said her friend was there to tag along. The friend was not named in the police report.
As the women sat down, Mike ran upstairs and a man wearing a hooded sweatshirt and holding a gun came into the room. The hood was pulled tight around his face, the report stated.
The hooded gunman said “Give me your shirts,” but 27-year-old woman hesitated, the report stated. That’s when the man hit her in the face with the gun, reached inside her bra and pulled out $450, according to police report.
The gunman also took a necklace the woman was wearing and rummaged through her friend’s purse, the report stated.
The gunman then told the women to leave. When they went outside, the 27-year-old’s car had been ransacked, the report stated.
Police are still looking for the men involved. The women were not charged or harmed because of the incident.
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