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2 accounts, same result: Dog shot; Border agent injured; Bisbee man charged
The Associated Press
A Bisbee man has been charged with assault and interfering with a federal officer for allegedly tackling a U.S. Border Patrol agent who had shot his dog.
Gil Nelson, 47, made an initial appearance Wednesday at U.S. District Court in Tucson on the charges stemming from an incident a day earlier in which Agent Jeremy Poser suffered a sprained little finger.
According to a complaint filed by U.S. Attorneys, Poser was responding to an activated sensor in a wash near Nelson's home Tuesday afternoon when two dogs ran toward him.
"Poser started to walk backwards but the dogs kept running towards (him)," the complaint says. "Poser felt threatened and shot one of the dogs with his service weapon."
The injured dog belonged to Nelson and ran toward his home after the shooting. The complaint said Nelson, running out of the house, jumped on Poser's back, putting him in a headlock while pulling back on his finger.
Poser pepper-sprayed Nelson, who then let go, but grabbed the agent's hat and sunglasses before running back inside the house, the complaint says. Nelson was arrested after more agents arrived at the home.
U.S. Attorneys spokesman Wyn Hornbuckle said Nelson remains in custody pending a detention hearing Friday.
The agent's version of events was disputed by Nelson's friend who was at the home when the incident happened.
Debbie Norman said she was in the house with Nelson when they heard a very loud shot and heard the dog yelp.
Nelson brought the dog inside, then ran outside with Norman and another woman. She said the agent was running away.
"When Mr. Nelson screamed at him, the guy turned around and Mr. Nelson knocked the gun out of the guy's hand," Norman said. "Then the guy Maced Mr. Nelson, who fell on the ground, and the guy got on his radio and said he had just been attacked by three citizens. The man lied from the very beginning."
Norman said Nelson had confronted another Border Patrol agent earlier Tuesday and told him not to come onto his property, then called the Naco Border Patrol station and told them he didn't want agents coming near his home.
"Now Mr. Nelson is in jail, and I feel that it's a case of retaliation and harassment," Norman said. "I feel like they set him up."
Tucson sector spokesman Jesus "Chuy" Rodriguez, saying the Border Patrol is investigating the incident, said he could not comment on the specifics of the case.
2 accounts, same result: Dog shot; Border agent injured; Bisbee man charged
The Associated Press
A Bisbee man has been charged with assault and interfering with a federal officer for allegedly tackling a U.S. Border Patrol agent who had shot his dog.
Gil Nelson, 47, made an initial appearance Wednesday at U.S. District Court in Tucson on the charges stemming from an incident a day earlier in which Agent Jeremy Poser suffered a sprained little finger.
According to a complaint filed by U.S. Attorneys, Poser was responding to an activated sensor in a wash near Nelson's home Tuesday afternoon when two dogs ran toward him.
"Poser started to walk backwards but the dogs kept running towards (him)," the complaint says. "Poser felt threatened and shot one of the dogs with his service weapon."
The injured dog belonged to Nelson and ran toward his home after the shooting. The complaint said Nelson, running out of the house, jumped on Poser's back, putting him in a headlock while pulling back on his finger.
Poser pepper-sprayed Nelson, who then let go, but grabbed the agent's hat and sunglasses before running back inside the house, the complaint says. Nelson was arrested after more agents arrived at the home.
U.S. Attorneys spokesman Wyn Hornbuckle said Nelson remains in custody pending a detention hearing Friday.
The agent's version of events was disputed by Nelson's friend who was at the home when the incident happened.
Debbie Norman said she was in the house with Nelson when they heard a very loud shot and heard the dog yelp.
Nelson brought the dog inside, then ran outside with Norman and another woman. She said the agent was running away.
"When Mr. Nelson screamed at him, the guy turned around and Mr. Nelson knocked the gun out of the guy's hand," Norman said. "Then the guy Maced Mr. Nelson, who fell on the ground, and the guy got on his radio and said he had just been attacked by three citizens. The man lied from the very beginning."
Norman said Nelson had confronted another Border Patrol agent earlier Tuesday and told him not to come onto his property, then called the Naco Border Patrol station and told them he didn't want agents coming near his home.
"Now Mr. Nelson is in jail, and I feel that it's a case of retaliation and harassment," Norman said. "I feel like they set him up."
Tucson sector spokesman Jesus "Chuy" Rodriguez, saying the Border Patrol is investigating the incident, said he could not comment on the specifics of the case.
