By Tim Clifford

Assault by wheelchair
On Sep. 18 police were called to a retirement facility on the 5400 block of Delridge WY with reports of an assault that had occurred at 3 p.m. When police arrived and contacted the victim he immediately made it known that he did not wish to pursue any legal action against the suspect and refused any medical assistance. The sequence of events was eventually revealed by on site nurses and video surveillance.

The victim was in the elevator to the facility when the suspect, who currently uses a motorized wheelchair, entered the elevator very quickly and positioned herself in the corner. Words were exchanged between the two and when the elevator arrived at another floor the victim stood in the doorway of the elevator and prevented it from shutting as well as blocking another resident from entering.

This angered the suspect who attempted to ram the victim with her wheelchair. Narrowly missing a direct hit the victim attempted to leave the scene by walking away at which point the suspect backed up and sped toward the victim again, hitting him in the leg. The victim then threatened the suspect with his cane. A short tug-of-war ensued ending with the suspect reaching out to slap the victim multiple times. The victim eventually left the situation and made his way to his room.

While it is believed that alcohol played a large role in the incident, no charges were filed and no arrests were made. Due to the declining health of both the victim and the suspect it was decided that further action could only aggravate both parties. A police report was filed in the event of further incidents. At the time of this writing no further incidents have occurred between the two parties.

Revenge by egging
Police are currently searching for a group of juvenile suspects who egged convenient store workers on the 6300 block of 35 Ave. S.W. just before 10 p.m. on Sep.22. Earlier in the day the same group of teenagers had visited the store and was kicked out by a female worker for being loud.

The group of teenagers returned to the store later hours later, each with a handful of eggs and demanded that the two cashiers now on the clock get the cashier from earlier. After informing the group that the female cashier they were looking for was not there the two cashiers attempted to force the teenagers out of the store. At that point the suspects began throwing the eggs at them and then ran out of the store eastbound.

When police arrived they did an area search for the suspects which was unsuccessful. The convenient store has a surveillance system and was able to turn over a video of the incident. The suspects have not yet been identified and remain at large.

Crimes reported between Sep.18 and Sep.26

Burglaries by block: 4100 block of S.W. Walker St., 5600 block of S.W. Manning St., 5400 block of 46 Ave. S.W., 5200 block of 46 Ave. S.W., 5200 block of 21 Ave. S.W., 6500 block of 38 Ave. S.W., 7000 block of 16 Ave. S.W., 7500 block of 32 Ave. S.W., 8100 block of 27 Ave. S.W., 500 block of S. Sullivan St., 500 block of S. Cloverdale St., 1200 block of S. Sullivan St., 9700 block of 35 Ave. S.W.