Posted on 05/20/2015 1:26:37 PM PDT by BBell
PEARLINGTON -- A Hancock County lawman narrowly escaped an attempt on his life during a roadside stop Monday night on U.S. 90/Chef Menteur Highway, when three men attacked him from behind and tried to carry him off into a wooded area.
Sheriff's Chief Investigator Glenn Grannan said it appears the attackers intended to kill the deputy as they fought for his sidearm and tried to carry him off the roadway.
"It seems like they were trying to take him back to the woods," Grannan said while on the scene early Tuesday. "They were going to dispose of him. They were going to finish him."
The Sheriff's Office Tuesday afternoon identified the deputy as Todd Frazier, a K-9 officer with about three years on the force. Chief Deputy Don Bass also identified Frazier's canine partner as Officer Lucas.
The incident occurred about 10 p.m. at a rest stop on U.S. 90/Chef Menteur Highway and Lower Bay Road, about 4 miles east of the Louisiana state line.
Chief Deputy Don Bass said the deputy, who serves as a K-9 officer, stopped to check on a driver sitting alone in a car parked at the rest stop.
Unaware that two other men were in the woods behind the rest area, Frazier walked up to the driver and began speaking to him. The other men emerged from the woods, drawing the deputy's attention away from the driver, who got out and started attacking.
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Like an enormous bruise.
Oh!! Well done. ;-)
/ rim-shot
I’ll rimember that one!
As soon as that starts to work, a .45 will be "racist."
“This is a strange incident with a lot of questions left unanswered.”
20 or so years a deputy in my area called in saying he’d been shot by a Hispanic male who fled in a vehicle. The location was a seldom traveled road.
Investigation found out that the deputy accidentally shot himself and decided to play the blame game.
We are becoming Mexico.
Of those comments, I never tire...
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