A pain in the neck and tough to swallow

By Doug Page | Friday, January 15, 2010, 12:08 PM

An early morning phone call from a hysterical woman had three Englewood officers rushing to local residence.

When they arrived, they found a man and a woman had been beaten. They immediately started looking for the suspect who had fled out the back door of the residence. One officer spotted the suspect slipping into backyard shed. Two officers approached the shed with caution, weapons at the ready. One officer peeked in window and spotted the suspect curled up on the floor, covered with a jacket attempting to hide behind an overturned bucket.

The officers opened the door and ordered the suspect to show his hands. He did not comply.They repeated the order several times before the suspect final raised his left hand; his right was still buried in a coat pocket. When the suspect refused to comply with an order to show his right hand, the two officers moved forward, one using his foot to hold down the suspect’s right hand, the other grabbing his left.

You can understand it was a tense situation.

The officers got both the suspect’s hands behind his back and cuffed him.

Then the fun began. Hauled to his feet, the suspect started cussing out the officers, suggesting some anatomically impossible activities.On his trip to the squad car, the officers reported the suspect would rock side-to-side in an effort to break free of their grip. Dispatch alerted the officers the suspect already was wanted on two warrants.

The suspect — what a guy — continued to scream at officers after they seated him in the back of the squad car.Asked if he needed medical or any other assistance, the suspect said no.

But five minutes later, the suspect began to complain of pains in his neck and throat, saying he could not swallow. (OK, I can’t help myself: You have to wonderwho was the pain in the neck and whose story might be tough to swallow.)

While complaining of his injuries, the suspect began another cuss-laden rant toward the arresting officers.

“I questioned why,” wrote one officer in his report, “he was screaming and yelling so much if he could not swallow; which brought on more vulgar language and abuse.”

The suspect was cited assault and resisting arrest.

The suspect has a previous conviction for domestic violence.

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