Archery banned in Fort Mitchell By Kevin Eigelbach Post staff reporter

It appears that history was made twice Monday at the Fort Mitchell's meeting of the City Council.

First of all, someone was arrested.

Second, the City Council passed an ordinance banning the use of bows and arrows within city limits.

Fort Mitchell resident Robert Dryer, 54, was arrested about 30 minutes into the meeting when he became belligerent during a heated debate on the proposed ordinance, according to police Sgt. Tom Loos.

"He refused to step down from the podium, he became loud and aggressive, he was ejected from the meeting, and he refused to leave," Loos said.

Officers had to forcibly remove Dryer, Loos said, and he wouldn't settle for anything less than being arrested.

Loos charged Dryer with resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and disrupting a meeting - all misdemeanors.

"I think we made Fort Mitchell history tonight," Loos said.

"We couldn't come up with a single other arrest at a council meeting," Loos said

Dryer came to the meeting to make a presentation against the proposed bow-and-arrow ordinance, Loos said.

It was in vain, as council approved a second and final reading of the ordinance, according to Loos.

It says that no one shall be allowed to shoot a bow and arrow in Fort Mitchell.

It includes an exception for schools that offer archery programs for students, Loos said.

City Council has been debating the issue since at least last September, when the ordinance was first read, officials said.

Members of a committee council charged to examine the issue witnessed an archery demonstration, put on by city residents, in January, officials said.

The city started taking a closer look at the idea after a Highland Avenue family's cat was struck by an arrow.

The arrow hit the cat while it was playing in woods behind the family's house, city officials said.

Even though the cat survived, the family had to pay about $1,000 in veterinary bills, officials said.

Other Northern Kentucky cities also have banned using bows and arrows - as well as air rifles, pellet guns, slingshots, toy guns, pistols and rifles, according to officials.

These cities include Covington, Crestview Hills, Edgewood, Erlanger, Elsmere, Florence, Fort Wright and Park Hills, officials said.

Posted on Thu, Mar. 02, 2006 FBI seeks help in catching bank robber known as `Lock Key Bandit'

WELLS FARGO OFFERING $100,000 REWARD IN CASE Mercury News

He is known to the FBI as the ``Lock Key Bandit,'' a gunman who has hit banks from San Jose to Santa Cruz by mysteriously slipping by locked bank doors to pull off his heists.

Now federal agents are seeking the public's help in capturing him, and Wells Fargo is offering a $100,000 reward for information leading to his arrest.

The Lock Key Bandit last struck on Oct. 4, 2003, at a Wells Fargo branch, 360 N. Capitol Ave. in San Jose.

Before the bank opened, two workers were inside filling ATM machines with cash when they were surprised by a man with a semi-automatic handgun. He forced them into a vault and put flexible plastic handcuffs on them. He left with an undisclosed amount of money.

As agents investigated that case, they determined the same man was responsible for two similar robberies at Wells Fargo branches -- a Dec. 19, 1997, heist at 150 N. Santa Cruz Ave. in Los Gatos, and another on July 20, 2002, at 74 River St. in Santa Cruz.

In each case, the robber was inside locked banks before the doors were opened. It is unclear how he has been able to enter the building, agents said.

In every robbery, the suspect has used a semi-automatic pistol and a duffel bag to stash cash; used the same type of handcuffs; demanded entry to the vaults to get money; and demonstrated a deep understanding of banking procedures.

The FBI describe the suspect as a white man in his mid-40s, six feet tall, 175 to 185 pounds. He has a medium build and graying hair at the temples.

Because he's used a gun in the robberies, the public should consider the suspect armed and dangerous.

Agents ask anyone with information about the ``Locked Key Bandit'' call agents at (415) 553-7400. All calls are treated confidentially.

Robber who uses handcuffs strikes again

ROCKFORD — An armed robber with a supply of handcuffs struck again Thursday.

At about 6 p.m., a man described as white, 6-foot, weighing about 170 pounds and wearing a blue ski mask and armed with a gun entered the American Cash and Go store at 3424 N. Main St. Police said he displayed a gun to store employees, demanded and received an unknown amount of cash and handcuffed the two employees before fleeing.

Wednesday night, two employees at Treasures Galore, 4302 Sandy Hollow Road, were handcuffed by an armed robber fitting the same description. None of the employees in either robbery were injured.

Anyone with information about these crimes is asked to call Rockford Police at 987-5824, or call CrimeStoppers, 963-7867 or 888-769-7867.

Key Opens Handcuffs At Trial

Found in search of suspect's home
Testimony continues in Lisa Posluns killing
Feb. 1, 2006. 01:00 AM
PETER SMALL
STAFF REPORTER


Police found five handcuff keys in the home of the cleaner accused of sexually assaulting and stabbing Yorkville realtor Lisa Posluns, a murder trial has heard.

The day Nelson DeJesus was arrested, police executed a search warrant at his Toronto residence and began searching for possible evidence, Det.-Const. Wade Knaap testified yesterday.

They found four handcuff keys in a small ornamental wooden wagon in the living room, the forensic investigator told DeJesus' murder trial yesterday.

The next day, police found one handcuff key in a jewellery box atop a dresser in a bedroom, Knaap told Crown prosecutor Paul McDermott

DeJesus, 36, has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in Posluns' death.

The 38-year-old commercial real estate broker's body was found early Sunday, Nov. 3, 2002 with seven stab wounds to the torso and her throat slit in an obscure ground-floor equipment room in the building where she had an office on the fifth floor.

DeJesus had been a cleaner at the building.

McDermott and co-counsel Susan Orlando expect to call evidence showing that when DeJesus was arrested at gunpoint after a police chase near his Euclid Ave. home on March 24, 2003, he had on him a pair of handcuffs that contained Posluns' DNA.

The Crown believes he used those handcuffs to restrain Posluns after surprising her at her office on Nov. 2, 2002.

In Superior Court yesterday, McDermott asked Knaap to try to unlock the cuffs with one of the four keys found in the living room and the one found in the bedroom. Both worked. The keys are similar to police handcuff keys, Knaap testified.

On Feb. 5, 2004, the handcuffs that were found on DeJesus as well as another pair were submitted to the Centre of Forensic Sciences for testing, Knaap testified.

The origin of the second set of cuffs was not explained.

Arizona: Soft Handcuffs to be used on school kids

Soft restraints to be used on kids



Josh Kelley The Arizona Republic Jan. 28, 2006 12:00 AM

A deputy used handcuffs last month to prevent a distraught third-grader at a school in Maricopa from hurting himself or others.

Now Pinal County Sheriff Chris Vasquez says he will equip all deputies who work in Maricopa with soft restraints to use instead of handcuffsto control unruly children.

Because soft restraints are made of spongy material that generally does not cause pain or leave marks, they are ideal for use on children, the mentally ill and even suicidal people, Vasquez said. advertisement

"It is kind of traumatic having handcuffs put on," said Vasquez, who pointed out that hospitals use soft restraints to protect combative patients.

Outside of Maricopa, Vasquez said he will give soft restraints to about 15 additional deputies patrolling throughout Pinal County, so that when needed, at least one person on a squad of deputies will have restraints that could be brought to a location for use instead of handcuffs.

The concern over handcuffs was prompted by an incident on Dec. 14 at Santa Rosa Elementary School in Maricopa where the principal reported to authorities an 8-year-old third grader described as "out of control and threatening other children in his class," according to a Sheriff's Office report on the incident.

When two deputies, one of them a sergeant, arrived at the school, they found a teacher trying to restrain the boy, who "appeared to be very upset and distraught by flailing his arms and attempting to kick his legs towards" the teacher, the report says.

The sergeant took control of the boy and sat him in a chair in a "time out" room, but the boy began to slam his body and head against the wall, the sergeant reported. The sergeant handcuffed the boy twice before eventually putting the handcuffs above his elbows to keep from slipping out, the report says.

The boy's mother said her son had been diagnosed with Asperger syndrome, a disorder characterized by deficient social skills and developmental problems but not a lack of intelligence.

Although she would not comment on the incident last month, Alma Farrell, superintendent of the Maricopa Unified School District, said a large percentage of students who lose control and become violent are those with special needs.

But, Farrell said, students without special needs can cause problems, too.

Sometimes, the use of force by school staff is necessary to control such students, Farrell said. The Sheriff's Office is called if the situation poses a danger to the combative student, other students or the person attempting to control the child.

The sheriff assigns two deputies to Maricopa schools.