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ight into custody,” an officer told other personnel when he returned to the station. Funk was charged with criminal trespassing and possessing criminal tools. ‘ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPT- ABLE’: MAN RAMS INDIANAPO- LIS POLICE CRUISERS FOR THE SECOND TIME THIS YEAR By Joanna Putman Police1 INDIANAPOLIS — A man was arrested for ramming Indianapolis Metro Police Department cruisers a second time this year, WTHR reported. George Leachman, 43, was arrested on Nov. 3 for ramming a cruiser that was pursuing him. Police said they tried to stop Leachman after they saw him driving a stolen truck with a license plate that expired in 2015. After initially stopping for the officer, Leachman used the truck to ram into the cruiser multiple times before fleeing the scene, according to the report. The officer was able to pursue Leachman despite damage to his cruiser. When the officer caught up to Leachman, the truck backed up to ram the cruiser one more time before it came to a stop. Leachman was arrested for battery of a law enforcement officer and resisting arrest, according to the report, but has been released on bond because of a clerical error. “Leachman has proven time and time again that he has no regard for the law, and should not have the ability to put our officers or the general public in any more danger,” Chief Randal Taylor said. “The fact that this individual has allegedly rammed multiple police cars, placing officers at risk of serious bodily harm or death, on separate incidents is absolutely unacceptable.” WTHR received a statement from Marion Superior Court about the suspect’s recent release. It said a ,000 bond was set, but a “clerical error” led to it being a ,500 bond, which Leachman paid on Nov. 4. Back in February, Leachman was released on bond after he allegedly rammed into multiple Indianapolis cruisers and injured two officers, the IndyStar reported. Given these prior actions, Doug Carter, the Superintendent of Indiana State Police, said the suspect should have been detained without bail relating to the incident on Nov. 3. “This guy had no business on the street,” Carter said. “If he’s out on bond and he got re-arrested, he should not have had a bond because he violated the first bond.” OFF-DUTY U.S. PARK OFFI- CER UNINTENTIONALLY KILLS FELLOW OFFICER Alexander Roy, 25, was charged with involuntary manslaughter for killing 22-year-old Jesse Brown Hernandez while they were at a gathering in an apartment in McLean, Virginia. An off-duty U.S. Park Police officer unintentionally shot and killed another off-duty officer over the weekend in Virginia while pulling a trigger on a gun he thought was unloaded, police said. Alexander Roy, 25, was charged with involuntary manslaughter for killing 22-year-old Jesse Brown Hernandez while they were at a gathering in an apartment in McLean, Virginia, about 10 miles west of Washington, D.C., NBC reports. Police were called to the scene shortly after midnight on Sunday. Hernandez was found dead with a gunshot wound to the upper body. The investigation is ongoing by the Fairfax County Police Department. OFF-DUTY LAPD OFFICER KILLED IN CRASH WITH DUI SUSPECT An off-duty Los Angeles Police Department officer and his front-seat passenger were killed in a car crash early Saturday after a drunk driving suspect sped through a red light in the Northridge neighborhood and slammed into their vehicle, authorities said. Officer Darrell Cunningham Shamily, a four-year veteran of the department in his early 30s, and the unidentified passenger were killed in the crash that occurred about 1:15 a.m. An off-duty San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputy, who was riding in the backseat of Cunningham Shamily’s car, was also injured 62 The Blues 40th Anniversary Issue

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