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Police office makes first arrest, suspect found at the bottom of TN river, he's also dead
Posted on 2/16/24 at 12:14 am
Posted on 2/16/24 at 12:14 am
Imagine being handcuffed in the back of a police car going off a bridge, & the cop is bailing out the car
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The body of a missing Meigs County, Tennessee, sheriff's deputy has been found, officials said Thursday, hours after his patrol vehicle was pulled from the Tennessee River with the body of another person inside.
Deputy Robert "R.J." Leonard was last heard from Wednesday night shortly after he arrested someone and was on his way to the jail. His patrol car was pulled Thursday from the water in the area of the Blythe Ferry boat ramp, District Attorney General Russell Johnson said at a news conference Thursday afternoon.
The vehicle was found upside down with the trunk blown open by the pressure. A female body covered in "a lot of mud" was discovered in the back seat, Johnson said.
Johnson said officials believe the body is that of a person whom Leonard had arrested and was taking to the jail when he was last heard from, though that has not been confirmed. She has not been identified.
No one was found in the front seat, and the driver's side window was rolled down.
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He said something over the radio that could not immediately be understood. Analytics later determined Leonard may have said the word "water," Johnson said.
Around the time he radioed in, Leonard also texted his wife one word: "arrest," Johnson said, noting that the arrest was his first.
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“We’re operating under the theory that it was an accident, he missed his turn, he wasn’t familiar, and he was doing other things that may have caused him to go into the water,” Johnson said Thursday afternoon. “There’s some skid marks and some scratch marks, too. So there’s some indication that he was on the brakes at least trying to stop.”
Posted on 2/16/24 at 12:31 am to TigerintheNO
Damn that sucks for the person arrested
Posted on 2/16/24 at 12:36 am to TigerintheNO
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Around the time he radioed in, Leonard also texted his wife one word: "arrest," Johnson said, noting that the arrest was his first.
He was distracted because he was texting his wife, and ran off the road?
Posted on 2/16/24 at 12:41 am to TigerintheNO
Man, what a shitty way to go.
Posted on 2/16/24 at 1:33 am to TigerintheNO
All I can think of is this
Posted on 2/16/24 at 6:31 am to Ghost of Colby
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He was distracted because he was texting his wife, and ran off the road?
And the family of the suspect is about to sue the shite out of this town.
Posted on 2/16/24 at 6:42 am to TIGERSTORM
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And the family of the suspect is about to sue the shite out of this town.
Why shouldn't they? The Supreme court has been very clear about the only time they're responsible for your safety is while in their custody
Posted on 2/16/24 at 6:59 am to TigerintheNO
Moral of the story? Don’t do the crime or you might drown.
Posted on 2/16/24 at 7:16 am to TIGERSTORM
quote:yep they are aboout to get fricking paid
And the family of the suspect is about to sue the shite out of this town.
Posted on 2/16/24 at 7:16 am to mattchewbocca
Avoid cops if you want to live. They can kill you in so many ways.
Posted on 2/16/24 at 7:20 am to TigerintheNO
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noting that the arrest was his first.
Permanent administrative assistant work in his future.
This post was edited on 2/17/24 at 6:34 am
Posted on 2/16/24 at 7:25 am to 0x15E
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Permanent administrative assistant work in his future.
I doubt it since he's dead
Posted on 2/16/24 at 7:26 am to 0x15E
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Permanent administrative assistant work in his future.
Maybe for Saint Peter.
Posted on 2/16/24 at 7:36 am to Ghost of Colby
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He was distracted because he was texting his wife, and ran off the road?
Kinda BS they get to fiddle with a laptop and phone while I can’t even have a phone in my hand. As if they are somehow better drivers than me. I have yet to drive into the Tennessee River.
Cuffed in back seat a shite way to go.
Posted on 2/16/24 at 7:39 am to Twenty 49
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Avoid cops if you want to live.
I'm still trying to figure out why we need them. They don't protect or serve the public. They only tax us. They don't prevent crime. Put them directing traffic or solving crimes. Otherwise we should never see them.
It's a really useless profession.
Posted on 2/16/24 at 7:48 am to Ghost of Colby
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He was distracted because he was texting his wife, and ran off the road?
Yep. Now, if he had his camera on, should be able to confirm.
Posted on 2/16/24 at 7:57 am to kywildcatfanone
Would the camera survived the crash?
Posted on 2/16/24 at 8:03 am to TigerintheNO
Step 1. Don't get arrested
Posted on 2/16/24 at 8:04 am to saintsfan1977
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I'm still trying to figure out why we need them. They don't protect or serve the public. They only tax us. They don't prevent crime. Put them directing traffic or solving crimes. Otherwise we should never see them. It's a really useless profession.
Believe it or not, there are a lot of terrible people in the country. Cops have millions of interactions a year with these people and prevent bad situations from getting worse.
You never hear about those because containing a homeless guy who’s out of his mind or going to talk to a drunk in his trailer who’s screaming at his wife and kids and breaking things isn’t newsworthy. But on aggregate a lot of lives are saved. You only hear about the tragic loses when things go wrong.
Are all cops good? Heck no. Do cops need better/more frequent training on how to de-escalate? 100%. Do we as a society need to rethink the way cops are deployed? Most likely. But the idea that it’s a “useless profession” is absurd. The worst crime in the country is in areas with little police presence so you’re free to see what that’s like for yourself.
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