Houston officer kills double amputee in wheelchair

By The Associated Press
Associated Press – Sept 23, 2012

HOUSTON (AP) — A Houston police officer shot and killed a one-armed, one-legged man in a wheelchair Saturday inside a group home after police say the double amputee threatened the officer and aggressively waved a metal object that turned out to be a pen.

Police spokeswoman Jodi Silva said the man cornered the officer in his wheelchair and was making threats while trying to stab the officer with the pen. At the time, the officer did not know what the metal object was that the man was waving, Silva said.

She said the man came "within inches to a foot" of the officer and did not follow instructions to calm down and remain still.

"Fearing for his partner's safety and his own safety, he discharged his weapon," Silva told The Associated Press.

"It was close quarters in the area of the house," Silva said. "The officer was forced into an area where he had no way to get out."

The officer shot and killed a one-armed, one-legged man in a wheelchair… the double amputee threatened the officer and aggressively waved a metal object that turned out to be a pen … a one-armed, one-legged man in a wheelchair waving a pen?

“Fearing for his partner’s safety and his own safety…”?

So, there were two cops threatened by this one-armed, one-legged man in a wheelchair waving a pen  in a group home. Group home? Were there more of these wheelchair bound double amputees? All waving pens? Obviously, the cops were surrounded by a group of one-armed, one-legged men in wheelchairs waving pens inside the group home and had to shoot their way out.

SEX OFFENDER ARRESTED

Giovanni Verdelli, registered sex offender, arrested for 169th time in groping incident, NJ police say

July 19, 2012 11:45 AM

(CBS) JERSEY CITY, N.J. - Giovanni Verdelli, a registered sex offender, was arrested for the 169th time on Monday for groping a Jersey City woman on a PATH train, New Jersey police said.

Port of Authority spokesman Steve Coleman said undercover officers of the Port Authority Police Department (PAPD) nabbed Verdelli as he tried to board a Jersey City subway train bound for Manhattan, NJ.com reported.

PAPD officers identified the 60-year-old man using a cell phone picture taken by his 28-year-old victim, who he allegedly assaulted on June 30 and July 3, Coleman said. The victim's name hasn't been released.

Arrested for 169th time in a groping incident? Were these all on the same train? Did Giovanni have an annual train pass? 169 times and he’s still out there groping around? Is groping like a parking ticket in New Jersey? The victim took pictures?