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West Virginia Man Charged with Battery on an Officer for Passing Gas
WSAZ ^
| 10:11 PM Sep 23, 2008
| Courtney Sisk
Posted on 09/24/2008 2:54:01 PM PDT by Sopater
SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- As if getting a DUI wasn’t enough, a man arrested for driving under the influence got in a lot more trouble at the police station.
Police stopped Jose Cruz on Route 60 in South Charleston Monday night for driving with his headlights off.
Then, he failed sobriety tests and was arrested.
When police were trying to get fingerprints, police say Cruz moved closer to the officer and passed gas on him. The investigating officer remarked in the criminal complaint that the odor was very strong.
Cruz is now charged with battery on a police officer, as well as DUI and obstruction.
TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: abuseofpower; donutwatch; gascrisis
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posted on
09/24/2008 2:54:03 PM PDT
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Sopater
To: Sopater
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Wyatt Earp, he makes me burp!
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To: Sopater
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posted on
09/24/2008 2:58:09 PM PDT
by
kalee
To: kalee
If he is, you don’t mind the smell?
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posted on
09/24/2008 3:00:25 PM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: Sopater
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posted on
09/24/2008 3:00:38 PM PDT
by
weegee
(Obama's a uniter?"I want you to argue with them (friends,neighbors,Republicans) & get in their face")
To: Sopater
wouldn’t that be ASSault?
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posted on
09/24/2008 3:01:28 PM PDT
by
Mr. K
(Some days even my lucky rocketship underpants don't help)
To: Sopater
"I fart in your general direction"
Cruz is now charged with battery on a police officer, as well as DUI and obstruction.
It doesn't seem like the "obstruction" charge will hold up. It seems Cruz was not obstructed at all.
To: Sopater
While I have no sympathy for drunk drivers, charging him with assault is excessive.
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posted on
09/24/2008 3:03:10 PM PDT
by
word_warrior_bob
(You can now see my amazing doggie and new puppy on my homepage!! Come say hello to Jake & Sonny)
To: Sopater
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posted on
09/24/2008 3:03:26 PM PDT
by
DouglasKC
To: word_warrior_bob
That must have been ~some~ powerful smell.
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posted on
09/24/2008 3:05:49 PM PDT
by
Ramius
(Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
To: Sopater
He'd better hope that ICE doesn't get wind of this!
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posted on
09/24/2008 3:05:56 PM PDT
by
Ghengis
(Of course freedom is free. If it wasn't, it would be called expensivedom. ~Cindy Sheehan 11/11/06)
To: Sopater
Photo of the perp:
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posted on
09/24/2008 3:14:44 PM PDT
by
weegee
(Obama's a uniter?"I want you to argue with them (friends,neighbors,Republicans) & get in their face")
To: Allegra; wazoo1031
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posted on
09/24/2008 3:14:56 PM PDT
by
ErnBatavia
(...forward this to your 10 very best friends....)
To: San Jacinto
If he’d belched, it may not have been permissible to administer a breathalyzer test.
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posted on
09/24/2008 3:15:50 PM PDT
by
weegee
(Obama's a uniter?"I want you to argue with them (friends,neighbors,Republicans) & get in their face")
To: San Jacinto
If he’d belched, it may not have been permissible to administer a breathalyzer test.
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posted on
09/24/2008 3:15:52 PM PDT
by
weegee
(Obama's a uniter?"I want you to argue with them (friends,neighbors,Republicans) & get in their face")
To: Sopater
The investigating officer remarked in the criminal complaint that the odor was very strong. Rosarita Refried Beans?
To: Sopater
Sniff sniff, Is someone burning tires?
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posted on
09/24/2008 3:18:02 PM PDT
by
Boiling point
(If God had wanted us to vote, he would have given us candidates.)
To: Sopater
They're gonna have to have saved the "evidence" for the charge to stick...
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posted on
09/24/2008 3:19:40 PM PDT
by
ErnBatavia
(...forward this to your 10 very best friends....)
To: doorgunner69
Pedro and Man! Is making my eyes burn!
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posted on
09/24/2008 3:25:41 PM PDT
by
.44 Special
(Táimid Buarch)
To: kalee
"Is Jose here legally?" You think he might be German?
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posted on
09/24/2008 3:25:46 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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