you can get a sheriff joe
bobble head now!
Here's a link to an article written from another angle.
http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/29756
And, here's the text:
Charges urged in raid in which house burned
Gary Grado, Tribune
The Maricopa County Sheriff ’s Office is recommending that prosecutors charge an Ahwatukee Foothills man whose house burned down in a raid gone bad with nine counts of endangerment, according to a report released Thursday.
Each count is for each sheriff’s SWAT team member who entered the home in the 16800 block of South Cyan Court on July 23, and each count carries a penalty range of probation to two years in prison.
A dog burned to death and an armored personnel carrier crashed into a car during the incident.
Deputies went to the home to serve a warrant out of Las Vegas and search for assault rifles, armor-piercing ammunition and other guns taken in a burglary in that city.
Eric Kush, 26, who wasn’t the burglary suspect, refused to come out of the house when SWAT members ordered him to, so they shot tear gas through the windows.
The SWAT team made its way up the stairs of the twostory home to look for Kush and sprayed his aggressive pit bull with a fire extinguisher, said Sgt. Paul Chagolla, a sheriff’s spokesman.
Chagolla said the noise of an extinguisher and the plume of fire retardant scares dogs without harming them.
As SWAT members looked for Kush upstairs, they realized the house had caught fire.
A Phoenix fire investigator determined that a candle in the bedroom caused the fire when either Kush or the dog knocked it over during the incident, authorities said.
Deputies had arrested Kush’s roommate, Gabrial Golden, earlier at his probation officer’s office.
Golden was the burglary suspect wanted by Las Vegas authorities, and he gave deputies information on the layout of the house, occupants and weapons, authorities said.
The personnel carrier crashed when its engine shut off as a deputy moved it, reducing its braking capacity, Chagolla said.
The vehicle rolled down an incline and came to rest against the car, damaging its hood and front bumper.
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Clearly, both articles are written from a different bias. Diametrically opposite, I'd say.
For anyone who would like to order the actual Maricopa County records for Kush's case/charges, a form can be found here:
http://www.maricopa.gov/Clk_board/DocumentRequest.aspx
Have at it, dogooders.
