Woman runs into courthouse waving paint roller, deputies injured 'Let my people go!' By Joe Nelson, Staff Writer JOSHUA TREE - A woman brandishing a paint roller attachment and yelling "Let my people go!" charged into the courthouse here Monday, attacking a sheriff's sergeant before she was tackled, subdued and arrested. Vickie Hill, 53, of Twentynine Palms, ran through the entrance doors to the courthouse at Highway 62 and Whitefeather Road about 9:15 a.m. waving the makeshift weapon. She dashed around the metal detectors and into the lobby screaming, sheriff's Sgt. Steve Spear said. The 16-inch piece of black plastic...
