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Road Rage in Caseyville, IL
Tech141
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The woman in this story has the desk next to my wife's at work. she's still pretty shaken up tyhis morning but made it to work....
http://www.kmov.com/news/local/Security-guard-arrested-for-road-rage-138174219.html
http://www.kmov.com/news/local/Security-guard-arrested-for-road-rage-138174219.html
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By the way, Raging Balls of Hate sounds like a great name for a garage band.
Or an intramural Softball team.
Driving on a public thoroughfare is one of the few places total strangers can show off their total incompetence.
When I lived down there, I used to take 159 to the projects of Collinsville by the ketchup bottle.
159 was a very narrow and intense road, suitable to crowd someone else off the road...
What a minute...Caseyville is home of Dotty's Body Shop...nasty looking tittybar with a funny name. I still recommend the ice cream place over Dotty's Body Shop. Not that I ever went to the joint.
Police say they pulled four loaded handguns from the off-duty security guard's car minutes after he allegedly threatened to shoot a woman in a fit of road rage. It started on Interstate 64 and escalated on an off ramp in Caseyville.
"He rolled down his window and shined a spotlight in my eyes -- an insanely bright spotlight -- so I couldn't even see his face," the victim said. "And he started screaming about that he had four guns in his car and that he was going to kill me."
The victim asked me not to use her name or show her face for fear of retaliation, but she told me that she then sped off, with the guard on her tail. She then called 911.
"At this point I'm so frightened I can't hardly move," she said.
By then, she says the guard had followed her into Belleville. She said she was too scared to go home, so she stayed on the phone with police as she drove around until they could get to her. As Belleville police pulled up, they said they watched the guard get out of his car and confront the woman. They intervened and stopped the threat. Belleville Police then called Caseyville Police to take over the investigation since the incident began in that city's jurisdiction.
Caseyville police confiscated the guard's loaded weapons and have kept them secured since the January 14 incident.
"Obviously it was a big concern for this could have gone a lot further and could have been a lot worse," Caseyville Police Chief J.D. Roth said.
Thursday afternoon, police arrested John Davis, a security guard at Club Elite in St. Louis. Davis is charged with three felony counts of unlawful use of a weapon for illegally carrying guns in his glovebox and one count of aggravated assault for the alleged road rage. A provision in Illinois law allows a licensed security guard, like Davis, to carry a weapon used for work on his person.
I asked Davis about the case against him as he was handcuffed and being led by police into a police car.
"The lady almost ran me off the road," Davis said. "I was getting off from work."
"Did you threaten her with a gun? Threaten to shoot her?" I asked him.
"No, no I did not," Davis said.
That will be decided in court.
The police investigation also revealed that Davis had been arrested for second-degree assault and three seperate felony gun crimes in St. Louis during the 90s, but he was never convicted of the crimes.
Yep, thats a perfect background to be a security guard!
i occasionally get gas there at a station by the off ramp, another station across 64 has been the scene of a few robberies, i used to shoot with a police officer from that department, lucky bastage was supplied with free ammo for practice several thousand rounds at a time, he is master class shooter, the guy is lucky he didnt try to pull one of those pistols if he was on duty
That would have been terrifying for the lady, but I think she conducted herself extremely well. She gets a medal for coolness under pressure, if you ask me. Please pass that along to her, if you can.
you should be able to push those people off the road[:(!][:(!][:(!]
Whoever hired him as a security guard is out of his gourd. What a whack-job. Probably high on drugs, which would explain the rage.
That would have been terrifying for the lady, but I think she conducted herself extremely well. She gets a medal for coolness under pressure, if you ask me. Please pass that along to her, if you can.
Done! She says "Thanks!"
quote:Originally posted by River Rat
Whoever hired him as a security guard is out of his gourd. What a whack-job. Probably high on drugs, which would explain the rage.
That would have been terrifying for the lady, but I think she conducted herself extremely well. She gets a medal for coolness under pressure, if you ask me. Please pass that along to her, if you can.
Done! She says "Thanks!"
Great job on her part, excellent. I can't imagine anyone having done better than she did, kudos to her.
Your commendations to her were good indeed and well deserved!
just like today. driving in a 50 mph zone with about a 2 car space between me and the car in front. this azzhole pulls out in front of me, i jam on the brakes to keep from hitting HER then she does 35 mph.
you should be able to push those people off the road[:(!][:(!][:(!]
Naa. Just tailgate them around town and threaten to KILL them for being poor drivers.
This is Illinois. Law Abiding (Non-Criminal) citizens aren't allowed to protect ourselves with the use of firearms. The Illinois State Police advises to carry a tongue depressor with you. That way you can protect yourself by shoving it down your throat, and making yourself throw up on your attacker.
LMFAO
that would work for me [;)]