Posted on 04/01/2006 4:09:51 PM PST by Graybeard58
SAVANNAH, Ga. - Angry that his truck had been towed, a 64-year-old man was arrested at a busy intersection while walking on his way to get it back - with a loaded rifle.
Savannah-Chatham County police said officers spotted Floyd Goldwire with the gun in his hand Thursday walking through rush-hour traffic at the crowded commercial intersection of Bull Street and DeRenne Avenue.
Two officers drew their guns and confronted Goldwire, police said, but he refused to drop his rifle.
"He just wouldn't give up the gun," said Sgt. Ashley Brown, a precinct shift supervisor. "He wasn't threatening anyone, but he wasn't going with the program whatsoever."
Goldwire finally dropped the rifle when officer Josh Miller, a member of the department's SWAT team, pulled a shotgun loaded with non-lethal beanbags from the trunk of his patrol car, Brown said.
"Seeing these officers with their pistols just wasn't doing it for this guy," Brown said. "It wasn't until Josh picked up that shotgun that it ended quickly."
Even after dropping the gun, Goldwire resisted arrest until an officer used pepper spray on him, said police spokesman Sgt. Mike Wilson.
Wilson said Goldwire told police he was upset because his truck had been towed and he had been on his way to get it back.
"He was a threat to everyone on that road," Wilson said. "That's bizarre behavior, not something you see every day.
The perp in question:
http://cc.msnscache.com/cache.aspx?q=2996915276923&lang=en-US&mkt=en-US&FORM=CVRE
Open carry illegal in that state?
I think it's OK for open carry as long as you're hunting or fishing. Hunting for your truck doesn't count. :-)
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