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  • LT. GOV. HELD AT GUNPOINT IN TRAFFIC STOP

    05/07/2003 4:34:42 PM PDT · by dixie sass · 7 replies · 229+ views
    Charleston Post and Courier ^ | May 07, 2003 | BRIAN HICKS
    Lt. Gov. held at gunpoint in traffic stop BY BRIAN HICKS Of The Post and Courier Staff COLUMBIA--Lieutenant governor is a job that normally gets little publicity, but South Carolina Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer has a chance now for some national exposure. On World's Wildest Police Chases, that is. On Tuesday, Bauer led Columbia Police on a moderate-speed chase down Assembly Street here, where he apparently was racing to gavel the Senate into order. The incident ended with a gun drawn and the lieutenant governor standing with his hands in the air on one of the city's busiest streets, just...
  • Routine Traffic Stop Leads to 8-Hour Standoff, Shooting of 69-Year-Old Driver

    03/26/2002 9:25:28 AM PST · by Tumbleweed_Connection · 105 replies · 221+ views
    TBO.com ^ | 3/26/02
    What started as a routine traffic stop escalated into an eight-hour standoff and a shootout with sheriff's deputies that left the 69-year-old driver dead, officials said. Vincent Zirakian, who had a history of mental illness, died Monday, apparently from shots fired by the deputies, said Volusia County Sheriff Ben Johnson. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating. Zirakian was driving 20 mph under the speed limit early Monday when deputies tried to pull him over. He stopped the car briefly, but took off again, authorities said. Another deputy tracked him to his home in Deltona, about 20 miles north...