Teens Suspected In Ohio Shootings Got Ride From Trooper

[cigsandcoffee]

Wow. Tough luck for a nice cop.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/30/teens-in-ohio-shootings-got-ride-trooper_n_3679323.html

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Two teenagers charged in a pair of fatal shootings were given a ride to the scene of another non-fatal shooting by an Ohio state trooper who did not pat them down or check them for warrants after he found them walking along a highway ramp, authorities said.

The young men, ages 17 and 18, were charged Tuesday with the death of a teenager whose body was found last week on a sidewalk in Columbus, not far from the convenience store when they are accused of having killed a clerk a day earlier. They are also being questioned in the non-fatal shooting Saturday at a truck stop west of Columbus where the trooper dropped them off.

Sgt. Jeffrey Shane, a 29-year-member of the State Patrol, has been placed on administrative desk duty during an internal investigation to determine whether he violated any policies, patrol Lt. Anne Ralston has said.

The suspects – Nathaniel Brunner, 18, of Columbus, and a 17-year-old, also from Columbus – were arrested Saturday in Dayton on warrants charging them with murder in the slaying of store clerk Imran Ashgar on Wednesday night.