I would like to first take part on something that hasn't been reported anywhere. I have observed some interesting details about this particular incident while waiting in the emergency room. Keep in mind that the entry listed above was about the closest thing that I could find about a report made nearby a restaurant The time could have been earlier and that he could have been listed as a Mental Subject listing. Not all the details were given out on location. Some pieces were missing.
Story:
I brought someone into the emergency room to have looked at. As I waited, I overheard a phone call given to the desk that an officer is on route to the hospital with a patient. The officer tells the staff over the phone that the man had a head injury and that he was handcuffed. It was suspected that he could have fallen and hit his head against the curve.
About 10-15 minutes later, the man mentioned that he was cuffed against the inclined rolling bed. He was accompanied by an officer, two nurses, and an doctor. There was a suspicion that the man has a head/neck injury and he was bleeding all over. The man was suspected to be intoxicated. He pleaded that he didn't want to go back to jail. The officer made it clear to him that he was under arrest.
The man's name was Mike. He was about 6' 1'' to 6' 2''. He had short blondish hair. He had no shirt on and wore jeans and black tennis shoes. He had black tattoos across his shoulders on his back. He lives in the general area.
Mike tried escaping but failed because both his hands were cuffed on either end of the bed. He occasionally screamed and cursed.
For a while, he refused to talk to a doctor nor cooperating with them in being taken care of. He sat up mostly from his bed instead of resting.
Although Mike had taken his Tetanus shot just a couple of months ago, they have given it to him anyways. The nurse gave him one and told the man that it would be good for 10 years. He resisted. He became aggressive when the nurses were trying to give the man his shots. A nurse or the officer suggested tying him down because his legs weren't secured and he had been resisting. The nurses weren't able to hold his legs down. One of the nurses mentioned that they had to slam him down on the bed. After the shot was delivered, Mike experienced pain from the shot.
Later on, there were some suggestions about having blood tests done on the man. When they went in to test him, he refused to relax while it was happening. They held him down and eventually had some blood drawn. Mike accused one of the nurses of hurting him while the blood was being drawn.
After the blood was taken out for testing, Mike said to the officer "Unlock me, dude." He then said "Let me go, dude and I'll be cooperative." The officer refused. The man replied, "That's wrong, dude."
The officer made a suggestion about a "psyc transfer". The officer then goes further into detail that he may or may not be wrong for him in needing one. The ETA of when he was suppose to leave was 2 hours. There was a mentioning about psychotic medication, but its unclear whether he takes them or needs them.
Mike later talked about wanting brown hair, then darker hair. Eventually, he began to calm down. The nurses may have satiated the man in order for him to calm down. He then became more talkative. He then says, "Two more left and we are done. I can feel it, dude." It wasn't clear whether it was the medicine he was talking about or something else. The man cursed a lot, mostly the 'f'' word.
Later on, Mike was wheeled away to have a CAT scan done on his head and neck. He came back within 10-20 minutes later.
Mike asked the officer to take off his gloves. The officer wore blue plastic medical gloves. He asked the officer over and over again to uncuff his one hand. The officer refused.
The officer placed his phone and his ID back into his jacket. It was then bagged up.
The officer later asked whether Mike wanted a band aid for his head or not. Mike refused. The officer then asked whether Terry Johnson was his emergency contact. Mike refused to have the man contacted.
Mike asked, "Am I a convict? You treat me like a convict." The officer didn't respond back.
The officer talked to one of the nurses and wasn't sure whether someone else was involved or not. According to Mike's story, there was a man involved. The man was described as being white, stood between 4' 4'' and 5' 4''. The incident supposedly happened nearby a restaurant, which could have been by Arbys.
The results came back. His neck and head was fine and free from other injuries. There was a suspicion that Mike may had a seizure outside the hospital. They discussed about him being suicidal and something on the lines of cattle medication. He eventually warmed up with some of the nurses and soon they began to talk and joke with one another.
The officer was called into the hallway to talk to someone on the phone. After he was finished, he got off the phone. He told the nurses that there was a lot of blood at the scene.
Mike later said, "You can't do this to me." He then makes a statement saying, "I'm ready to die. Not today."
The doctor entered the room and told Mike that he had some stitching done to his head and that he can follow up with his doctor in 7 days to have them removed. The stitching could have been done shortly before or after the x-ray was completed. The nurses then cleaned the blood off of Mike's face.
Mike asked the officer, "Am I going to prison?" The officer replied that he was going to jail. Mike then asked what his bail would be. The officer said $300. After the entire conversation was over and Mike was finished, all of them left the area.
Later on, the desk area reported that the man was still listed as being transferred to the psych ward. One of the women then told the woman that was typing the information out that they had forgotten to have the entry removed and that the woman should have it removed. The woman on the computer then asked about why it was listed as forensics and whether he should be listed as being cuffed or not. The others replied that it was forensics because of the incident and that he shouldn't be listed as being cuffed. The staff talked about the man being very weird.
My take on it:
I found it very strange that the officer was giving orders to hospital staff about submitting Mike into a psychiatric ward. The officer isn't a trained psychologist that would be able to diagnose Mike properly. The details about what happened at the scene were vague and incomplete. The man had admitted out loud about wanting to die, which is a possibility that he was suicidal. Because of the lack of information that was being collected by Mike's mental status, it was most likely dropped.
Since Mike has shown some resistance, there shouldn't be any acknowledgement in giving him much sympathy. If he was drunk, had a cut on his head, bleeding everywhere, cuffed to his bed, resisted having his blood drawn and shots taken; he most likely had done something that he shouldn't have. He could have either be involved in a fight with someone or even with himself. It wasn't clear whether his story was true or was a lie. It could have been a lie since he was intoxicated.
The nurses seemed a bit disorganized in cancelling the psych transfer for Mike, given the fact that they cancelled it about 20-40 minutes after he had left the hospital completely.
Overall the entire situation was weird and bizarre.
Story:
Here's the link from The Hawk Eye. http://www.thehawkeye.com/story/Horn-pleads-to-meth-charge-101612
My take on it:
The children were removed from their house from a DHS. The question comes down to: how long did this worker know about the report and how was he/she involved with the children and the parent's case? Was this reported a long time ago or a short time ago? Who referenced this worker to have the child speak with this worker? It was very unclear of how much time had passed before the girl spoke to someone, forwarded to a DHS worker, and action was taken.
Most DHS workers in this town tend to be very picky, irresponsible, and lazy. When a report is made for a home full of children (like a run-down place), its most likely that it would never be investigated. If it was investigated, most of the time the children would stay in the area. Hell, this is the same department that recommended children in being babysat with an abusive babysitter named Betty some years ago. That however is another story.
I'm wondering why the hell the prosecutors had dropped some of the charges on the woman. If she had all of these things pressed onto her, why the hell is she being let go for some of these serious charges? Its safe to say that Judge Brown doesn't think things through in prosecuting people appropriately instead of half-assing it.
Although the woman is getting 14 years in prison, I believe that she deserves to be charged with the rest of the charges that were dropped. That way, she would stay in there longer and would be out of society's way.
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