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Librarian stops man from beating girlfriend
Here’s a rule to live by: Don’t mess with a librarian.
Police were called Monday afternoon to the Madden Hills Branch of the Dayton Metro Library on a report of a fight in the parking lot. A second call said one of the participants was armed with a handgun.
Upon arrival, police found the back parking lot empty, though a witness told police the direction the armed suspect fled. While crews searched the neighborhood, officers talked with witnesses.
Those witnesses told police a young man was beating a young woman, apparently his girlfriend. At one point, according to witnesses, the man shoved the woman’s head into the glass entry door. Several librarians entered the parking lot, and the 18-year-old squared off with raised fists as if to attack one of the librarians.
The librarian told police he warned the young man he also worked as a bouncer. When that did not dissuade the young man’s advance, a single punch to the face did, sending the 18-year-old to the ground. The librarian told police he asked the young man to stay on the ground, that it was over, and he would not hit him again.
The young man, however, got to his feet, pulled up his shirt to display a handgun, threatened to shoot the librarian and shoot up the library, then fled.
Police found the young man a short time later and gave him a ride to the county lockup. No firearm was found. He faces numerous possible misdemeanor charges, plus a possible violation of his probation from carrying a loaded weapon earlier this year.
While the young man was in the back of the squad car, his victim appeared — in tears pleading with police to let her boyfriend go. She said she wasn’t injured, wouldn’t press charges, that they’d just had a baby and she needed him. Officers gently informed her that he was going to jail whether she pressed charges or not.
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