To avoid prison, man leaps to his death
ATLANTA - A handcuffed man seeking to avoid arrest died after crashing head-first through the third-floor window glass of a downtown Atlanta office building and falling 40 feet to the ground, authorities said yesterday.
ATLANTA
- A handcuffed man seeking to avoid arrest died after crashing head-first through the third-floor window glass of a downtown Atlanta office building and falling 40 feet to the ground, authorities said yesterday.
The man reported yesterday to a pretrial services program of Atlanta's Fulton County Superior Court when authorities determined he had a gun nearby and they were preparing to arrest him, court spokeswoman Tiffany Russell said.
Fulton County Sheriff's spokeswoman Tracy Flanagan said the man jumped from the window after he had been handcuffed and seated. He later died of his injuries at a hospital. A hole could be seen in window glass where he exited the building.
Investigator Clint Harbin at the Fulton County Medical Examiner's office identified the man as Tyquan Richardson.
Flanagan said the gun was found concealed in paperwork with the man's name on it outside a security checkpoint. Authorities did not immediately disclose any information as to why the gun was in the paperwork.
Flanagan said Richardson, 22, had told deputies after the gun was discovered that he didn't want to go back to jail. Richardson later ran headfirst toward the window and fell 40 feet, according to the sheriff's spokeswoman.
Richardson had been arrested on drug charges and was released Friday, according to Fulton County jail records. Richardson had also been arrested in 2013 on aggravated assault and battery charges, those records also showed.
Woman alleges excessive police force
SAN DIEGO
- A woman is suing the city of Carlsbad, alleging that police in the San Diego suburb unjustly beat her after she was pulled over for a seat-belt violation.
Cindy Hahn's attorneys have released a bystander's video that shows an officer punching her and kneeing her body as another officer struggles to handcuff her on a patch of grass. Hahn is lying on her side, pleading for help before the officer ties her wrists.
The lawsuit was filed in San Diego after prosecutors dropped charges against Hahn for resisting arrest. It seeks unspecified damages from the city and five police officers.
Carlsbad Police Chief Neil Gallucci said that the lawsuit prohibited him from publicly discussing specifics but that the city was prepared to provide an account in court.
Victim found on trail with dog on leash
FAIRFAX, Calif.
- A man was found shot to death on a Northern California hiking trail with his wounded dog attached by a leash to his hand.
A hiker found the body of a 67-year-old man about 6 p.m. Monday along a scenic trial about 20 miles north of San Francisco, the Marin County Sheriff's Department said.
The victim was still holding on to the leash of a Doberman Pinscher believed to be his dog, Lt. Doug Pittman said. The dog was also shot, but it survived and was turned over to the Marin Humane Society, Pittman said.
Pittman identified the victim as Steve Carter.
Michael Carter, of Fresno, confirmed to the San Francisco Chronicle that his brother, Steve Carter, was the victim.
Carter and his wife, Lokita Carter, founded the Ecstatic Living Institute, based in Middletown. He was a Tantra teacher and participated in numerous training sessions across the country and in Canada and Costa Rica. The couple released DVDs on Tantric massage, yoga for lovers and meditation. They also taught classes at Harbin Hot Springs, a clothing-optional retreat in the Middletown mountains that burned down last month in Lake County's devastating wildfire.