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Tharp arrested Dehmann on a charge of persistent
disorderly conduct and took him to the Knox County Jail to be booked.
Reports say Dehmann was belligerent in the cruiser.
A sheriff’s
report says the 33-year-old Dehmann also “became aggressive with the
jail staff” after he arrived at the sheriff’s office. The report says
Dehmann tried to hit Deputy Chase Wright in the face, “causing Deputy
Wright to place Mr. Dehmann into a takedown hold, taking him to the
ground to get control of him.”
“Once control was gained, it was
found that Mr. Dehmann had hit his head on the floor during the
incident,” the report written by sheriff’s Sgt. Alan Hackman says.
Dehmann
was taken to Knox County Hospital and later transferred to OhioHealth
Grant Medical Center in Columbus. He died on Thursday. His family has
declined to comment.
Knox County Sheriff David Shaffer said in an
email today that Wright has been placed on administrative leave during
the investigation. Shaffer has asked the Ohio Bureau of Criminal
Investigation, an arm of Ohio attorney general Mike DeWine’s office, to
investigate.
BCI spokeswoman Jill Del Greco said it is
categorized as a “questioned-death investigation” and, after state
agents complete their work, the case will be turned over to the county
prosecutor for review, a standard procedure.
A series of reports
show that Dehmann had a couple of run-ins with law–enforcement officers
on the day of his arrest, and police said he had already had a head
injury when they encountered him earlier that day.
Based on the reports, here is how officers and deputies say the day unfolded:
At
1:48 on Tuesday afternoon, Mount Vernon Police Officer Nicholas Myrda
was on a call on Shirley Avenue in Dehmann’s neighborhood when someone
flagged him down about an intoxicated, half-naked man who was lying down
and vomiting on a nearby patio.
Myrda found Dehmann on the
ground with blood on his face. The report says Dehmann had drank a
bottle of vodka and a bottle of mouthwash and told the officer he had
fallen and hit his head. He was taken to the local hospital by
ambulance.
About 6 p.m., hospital staff told Cpl. Tharp, who was
at the hospital on another matter, that Dehmann was being released but
had no ride home. Tharp wrote that he gave Dehmann a ride to an aunt’s
house. He wrote that Dehmann was walking on his own and speaking
coherently.
Next came the 7:43 p.m. call about a man down at the
school’s ball fields. Tharp responded. He said Dehmann had a bottle of
vodka in his pocket and “was barely holding himself up.”
But
after Dehmann was handcuffed, he became belligerent, Tharp wrote: Inside
the cruiser, Dehmann “hit the Plexiglas cage, messed with the camera
and spit on the passenger-side window.”
The takedown in the booking area happened, according to the sheriff’s office report, at 8:09 p.m.
Shaffer said an autopsy was done, and he is awaiting the report. Source : liveleak.com
disorderly conduct and took him to the Knox County Jail to be booked.
Reports say Dehmann was belligerent in the cruiser.
A sheriff’s
report says the 33-year-old Dehmann also “became aggressive with the
jail staff” after he arrived at the sheriff’s office. The report says
Dehmann tried to hit Deputy Chase Wright in the face, “causing Deputy
Wright to place Mr. Dehmann into a takedown hold, taking him to the
ground to get control of him.”
“Once control was gained, it was
found that Mr. Dehmann had hit his head on the floor during the
incident,” the report written by sheriff’s Sgt. Alan Hackman says.
Dehmann
was taken to Knox County Hospital and later transferred to OhioHealth
Grant Medical Center in Columbus. He died on Thursday. His family has
declined to comment.
Knox County Sheriff David Shaffer said in an
email today that Wright has been placed on administrative leave during
the investigation. Shaffer has asked the Ohio Bureau of Criminal
Investigation, an arm of Ohio attorney general Mike DeWine’s office, to
investigate.
BCI spokeswoman Jill Del Greco said it is
categorized as a “questioned-death investigation” and, after state
agents complete their work, the case will be turned over to the county
prosecutor for review, a standard procedure.
A series of reports
show that Dehmann had a couple of run-ins with law–enforcement officers
on the day of his arrest, and police said he had already had a head
injury when they encountered him earlier that day.
Based on the reports, here is how officers and deputies say the day unfolded:
At
1:48 on Tuesday afternoon, Mount Vernon Police Officer Nicholas Myrda
was on a call on Shirley Avenue in Dehmann’s neighborhood when someone
flagged him down about an intoxicated, half-naked man who was lying down
and vomiting on a nearby patio.
Myrda found Dehmann on the
ground with blood on his face. The report says Dehmann had drank a
bottle of vodka and a bottle of mouthwash and told the officer he had
fallen and hit his head. He was taken to the local hospital by
ambulance.
About 6 p.m., hospital staff told Cpl. Tharp, who was
at the hospital on another matter, that Dehmann was being released but
had no ride home. Tharp wrote that he gave Dehmann a ride to an aunt’s
house. He wrote that Dehmann was walking on his own and speaking
coherently.
Next came the 7:43 p.m. call about a man down at the
school’s ball fields. Tharp responded. He said Dehmann had a bottle of
vodka in his pocket and “was barely holding himself up.”
But
after Dehmann was handcuffed, he became belligerent, Tharp wrote: Inside
the cruiser, Dehmann “hit the Plexiglas cage, messed with the camera
and spit on the passenger-side window.”
The takedown in the booking area happened, according to the sheriff’s office report, at 8:09 p.m.
Shaffer said an autopsy was done, and he is awaiting the report. Source : liveleak.com