40 yr old Laurelville Ohio man died after s truggle with Ross County Sheriff's Deputies. Sheriff's Deputies were dispatched to a call in rural Ross County near the village of Adelphi after a man was standing in the road acting strange. Reports say man has crashed the family's pick up truck that familiy members claim he "stole".
He was found standing in a creek with his wife nearby and she told the first deputy to arrive that he was afraid of being shot. They told deputies he had been smoking some "weed" and had taken cocaine. Deputies noticed him to be incoherant and foaming around the mouth and nose.
He refused orders to lie on the ground and after a struggle was tazed which had little effect. One of the two deputies was even shocked by the taser.
A touch with the taser calmed him enough to allow him to be handcuffed.
As Deputies waited on a Squad they noted he he did not have a pulse
and used a portable defib to try and revive him. He was pronoiunced dead later at Berger Hospital in Circleville. The Pickaway County Coronor was called to assist with the investigation and the body was taken to Dayton for autopsy.
Ross County Sheriff Ron Nichols stated that deputies followed procedure and no action would be taken against his officers. Incident happened this past weekend.
He was found standing in a creek with his wife nearby and she told the first deputy to arrive that he was afraid of being shot. They told deputies he had been smoking some "weed" and had taken cocaine. Deputies noticed him to be incoherant and foaming around the mouth and nose.
He refused orders to lie on the ground and after a struggle was tazed which had little effect. One of the two deputies was even shocked by the taser.
A touch with the taser calmed him enough to allow him to be handcuffed.
As Deputies waited on a Squad they noted he he did not have a pulse
and used a portable defib to try and revive him. He was pronoiunced dead later at Berger Hospital in Circleville. The Pickaway County Coronor was called to assist with the investigation and the body was taken to Dayton for autopsy.
Ross County Sheriff Ron Nichols stated that deputies followed procedure and no action would be taken against his officers. Incident happened this past weekend.
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