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Monday, December 22, 2008
Three men, including one officer, tased during struggle
DAYTON — Two disorderly suspects were tased by officers — one of which accidentally discharged the weapon onto his own hand — who responded to a call regarding possible alcohol poisoning that turned into an alert for all available units, according to a police report.
Officers arrived in the 40 block of Wroe Avenue on Friday, Dec. 19, near 9 p.m. after a 911 caller said a man was suffering from alcohol poisoning. The alleged victim, 23-year-old Sidney J. Dickerson, quickly told the police to “get the (expletive) out of my house” and continued to verbally abuse the officers, according to the report.
When paramedics arrived, Dickerson refused treatment. Officers explained that Dickerson would have to sign a form stating he refused treatment for the personnel to leave, the report said.
Another man identified as Dickerson’s brother, 19-year-old Antowan Davis, tried to calm Dickerson. Davis refused to move from the front of the couch when the officers ordered him to do so, and officers called for all available West side units to respond to the address for fear it would get out of hand.
As officers struggled to put Davis into handcuffs, Dickerson — the man friends thought might have alcohol poising — jumped from the couch and tried to punch one of the officers in the face, the report said. Dickerson also ripped the shirt from one of the paramedics, the report said.
An officer soon tased Davis as he continued to fight with police. He then tased Davis again as Davis continued his struggle, according to the report.
The officer then tried to tase Dickerson, but the weapon “malfunctioned and shocked (the officer) on the right hand,” the report said. The taser then dropped to the floor, where it discharged again before the officer grabbed it and turned it off.
Another officer soon tased Dickerson, who was placed into handcuffs along with Davis. Both men were arrested on charges of obstructing official business and resisting arrest.
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MORAINE - The 28-year-old Kettering woman shot and robbed in a Walmart Supercenter parking lot will have to spend Christmas in the hospital after doctors removed a portion of her intestines, according to police.
Gina King is recovering from a single gunshot wound to the stomach she sustained Saturday evening, Dec. 20, after she was robbed by a man recently released from prison as she stood near her car at the Walmart, 1701 W. Dorothy Lane, Moraine Det. Paul Guess said.
Moraine police arrested Lashawn Porcher and Richard Elijah, both 46 and from Dayton, less than an hour after the robbery.
Elijah, believed to be the trigger man, was just released from prison on Dec. 18 for an April conviction for breaking and entering, according to jail records.
Witnesses said Elijah approached King as she wheeled a cart full of groceries and Christmas gifts to her car. King parked her car away from other cars deep in the lot so it wouldn’t get damaged by other motorists, Guess said.
“He told her to give him the purse or she was going to get shot,” Guess said. “She said ‘No’ to getting shot and then Elijah grabbed the purse.”
And for some reason, Elijah started to run away, but turned around and shot King, who fell to the ground screaming, Guess said.
Elijah then ran from the lot and over to a white Cadillac waiting in the parking lot of the Golden Nugget restaurant across the street from Walmart, Guess said. A witness spotted Porcher and Elijah and followed them in a car while talking to police on the phone, Guess said.
Police caught up with the alleged robbers and arrested them in at Moraine Auto Parts, 2833 Northlawn Ave.
“It was a huge break for us,” Guess said. “Without them, it would made it much harder to make an arrest.”
Police found the 9mm handgun used in the shooting on Sunday, Guess said. The gun was inside King’s purse, which was found underneath a car in the parking of the Golden Nugget, Guess said.
The Montgomery County Prosecutor’s office approved charges at about 3 p.m. Monday against Elijah for aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon, felonious assault to cause serious harm and felonious assault with a deadly weapon.
Porcher faces complicity charges of felonious assault with a deadly weapon and aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon. A court date has yet to be set.
A background check found Elijah has an extensive criminal record dating back to 2000, which includes arrests and convictions for drug possession, theft and numerous parole violations.
He was convicted of possession of crack in 2004, 2006 and 2008, according to court records.
Porcher has little criminal record and has never been arrested in Montgomery County prior to Saturday’s incident, according to jail records.
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