Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Yuma Marine charged with assaulting police officer

Reportedly this Marine was in the road and yelling at cars. Could he have been having some kind of PTSD flashback? If that was what was going on then seeing a police officer coming toward him would have been like seeing the enemy for him. Check back as more news on this comes out.

Marine charged with assaulting police officer
The Associated Press
Posted : Wednesday May 18, 2011 7:40:50 EDT
YUMA, Ariz. — A Marine arrested after scuffling with a Yuma police officer is facing two felony counts of aggravated assault.

Christopher Tucker was arraigned Tuesday in Yuma Justice Court and then returned to jail.

The Yuma Sun says a judge increased Tucker’s bond from $15,000 to $25,825 and also assigned a county public defender to represent him.

The 25-year-old Tucker is assigned to the Marine Corps Air Station Yuma.

Police say he was in a roadway yelling at cars last Thursday and allegedly attacked an officer who tried to speak with him.

After a struggle, police say Tucker tried fleeing from officers and was shot with a stun gun. He then was taken into custody and treated at Yuma Regional Medical Center.

The unidentified police officer was treated for a broken thumb.
Marine charged with assaulting police officer

Link to Yuma Sun report
Man charged in attack on YPD officer
May 17, 2011 3:19 PM
BY JAMES GILBERT - SUN STAFF WRITER
A Yuma Marine who was arrested last week for allegedly assaulting a Yuma police officer has been charged with two felony offenses.

Man charged in attack on YPD officer

2 comments:

  1. Get out Soon Tucker!

    I deployed with this Marine to Afghanistan in '09. I can tell you he is a big boy.

    The Pig was lucky only his thumb got broken.

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  2. I happen to have a lot of friends in the military as well as police officers. Your comment is really an insult to a lot of people putting their lives on the line no matter what uniform they wear. How do you feel about firefighters? Do you have a bad name for them too?

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