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Police: Pa. Cop Takes 2nd Cop Hostage, Kills Self
http://abcnews.go.com/ ^
| October 26, 2013
| JIM THORPE,
Posted on 10/26/2013 4:25:33 PM PDT by B4Ranch
On Friday night, police say Midas, 33, of Weatherly, went to the police station in the small town of Lansford, where he was a part-time officer, and took ammunition and an unmarked police car before he drove to the home of another off-duty officer and took him hostage.
Midas then drove Ondrus to nearby Jim Thorpe, where a struggle began in the tourist town of Jim Thorpe, about 70 miles north of Philadelphia. Midas shot himself in the head, police say. He died early Saturday at a hospital, according to Lehigh County Coroner Scott Grim, who ruled Midas' death a suicide.
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TOPICS: Local News; Society
KEYWORDS: banglist; jimthorpe; lansford; leo; midas; ondrus; suicide; weatherly
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Cops are flipping out too.
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posted on
10/26/2013 4:25:33 PM PDT
by
B4Ranch
To: B4Ranch
Carbon County Deputy Sheriff David Midas
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posted on
10/26/2013 4:27:49 PM PDT
by
B4Ranch
(AGENDA: Grinding America Down ----- <<http://vimeo.com/63749370)
To: B4Ranch
Midas was touched in the head...
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posted on
10/26/2013 4:35:43 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: B4Ranch
VERY sad.
Unusual too. Police academies give rather thorough psychological tests--lie detector tests too. Not too many nuts get through. Some turn after too many years on the job.
The thin BLUE line.
To: B4Ranch
This is the way it ought to be. All these whacko killers should shoot themselves first before killing others.
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posted on
10/26/2013 4:44:43 PM PDT
by
umgud
(2A can't survive dem majorities)
To: B4Ranch
Something must have gone way haywire. Cops in that neck of the woods, even the part timers, are usually very professional and take their job seriously.
And WITH common sense.
There’s a LOT more to this story, most of which I guess we will never know.
Carbon county is rough country. Lots of BIG black bears.
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posted on
10/26/2013 4:46:21 PM PDT
by
ConradofMontferrat
( According to mudslimz, my handle is a HATE CRIME. And I HOPE they don't like it.)
To: Vendome
Perhaps a woman was involved...
Or simply a shortage of dogs.
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posted on
10/26/2013 4:51:47 PM PDT
by
glasseye
To: B4Ranch
Cops art like doritos - they’ll make more.
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posted on
10/26/2013 4:59:20 PM PDT
by
Slump Tester
(What if I'm pregnant Teddy? Errr-ahh -Calm down Mary Jo, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it)
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posted on
10/26/2013 5:20:47 PM PDT
by
RedMDer
(http://www.dontfundobamacare.com/)
To: glasseye
Perhaps a woman was involved... Maybe Officer Midas wanted to muffle her.
(That was painful for me, too)
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posted on
10/26/2013 5:22:27 PM PDT
by
Ken H
(First rule of gun safety - have a gun)
To: B4Ranch
Gee who do they blame for this one....NRA?
To: Ken H
Shame!
worse, you beat me to it...
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posted on
10/26/2013 5:24:57 PM PDT
by
null and void
(I'm betting on an Obama Trifecta: A Nobel Peace Prize, an Impeachment, AND a War Crimes Trial...)
To: DJ MacWoW; NoCmpromiz; Monkey Face; Lakeshark; null and void
Hey, I know where Jim Thorpe is.
Yeesh!
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posted on
10/26/2013 6:02:43 PM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
To: t1b8zs
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posted on
10/26/2013 6:04:44 PM PDT
by
B4Ranch
(AGENDA: Grinding America Down ----- <<http://vimeo.com/63749370)
To: Darksheare
Yup. They’ve got some nice cops and some on power trips.
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posted on
10/26/2013 6:08:02 PM PDT
by
DJ MacWoW
(The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule the all)
To: Darksheare
Btw, the cops were Lansford officers.
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posted on
10/26/2013 6:10:16 PM PDT
by
DJ MacWoW
(The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule the all)
To: B4Ranch
I wonder if Mrs. Midas lost a husband and a boyfriend that day.......
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posted on
10/26/2013 6:23:05 PM PDT
by
Repeat Offender
(What good are conservative principles if we don't stand by them?)
To: cloudmountain
VERY sad.
Unusual too. Police academies give rather thorough psychological tests—lie detector tests too. Not too many nuts get through. Some turn after too many years on the job.
The thin BLUE line.
EXCUSE ME? Have you been paying attention to the posts on this site the last year or so?
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posted on
10/26/2013 6:37:22 PM PDT
by
Mastador1
(I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
To: DJ MacWoW
Yup!
Baby Huey the truancy officer.
He loved harassing my brother and I down that way.
“Shouldn’t you be in school?!” -Baby Huey. Every time
I swear he was functionally lobotomized.
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posted on
10/26/2013 6:49:21 PM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
To: Darksheare
There’s a film clip of downtown Jim Thorpe (Mauch Chunk lol) and it’s full of cops. Never seen so many around there!
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posted on
10/26/2013 6:59:56 PM PDT
by
DJ MacWoW
(The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule the all)
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