Not exact matches
Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson was
arrested for
resisting arrest early Saturday morning in a case that sounded bizarre
from the get - go.
Police said Brianne T. Callahan, 17, of 192 Shabonna Drive, Park Forest, was charged with a curfew violation and released on her recognizance; and a 15 - year - old boy
from Crete was charged with curfew violation,
resisting arrest and being intoxicated in a park.
«That police officers who were escorting you in the bus tried to re-
arrest you back to the bus but you
resisted further
arrest with the help of your brother, Samuel Melaye, and some lawyers in your company and further threatened to injure the police officers if they tried to further
arrest you and you finally escaped
from the scene in another Hilux vehicle.»
«But each situation is a very different circumstance,» he cautioned, with the accidental shooting at the Pink Houses vastly different
from Garner's death, which came as police tried to
arrest him and he
resisted.
He said he will explore requests laid out in a recent letter
from Lieutenants Benevolent Association president Louis Turco, who wants, among other things, «aggressive prosecution of persons found guilty of
resisting arrest.»
Percoco's attorney said that the accusations are baseless, and
from less than credible sources ------------------------------------- State Police
arrested 55 - year - old Donald Moshier of Lisle, for operating a motor vehicle while ability impaired by drugs,
resisting arrest, menacing, unlawful possession of marihuana and several other traffic offenses.
If you
resist or prevent a firefighter or correctional officer
from doing their job while acting in an official capacity can also result in criminal charges for
resisting arrest.
In theory, this could mean that under a scenario in which the police falsely
arrest you, you
resist, and they then severely beat you, if they could show that the beating was the result of your
resisting, not the false
arrest, you could be barred
from suing for anything other than the cost of treating your injuries.
You can basically be charged with
resisting arrest for any attempt to prevent a public officer, peace officer, or EMT
from doing his or her job.
if a party
resisted arrest by an officer without warrant, and who had no right to
arrest him, and if, in the course of that resistance, the officer was killed, the offence of the party
resisting arrest would be reduced
from what would have been murder, if the officer had had the right to
arrest, to manslaughter
Whereas
resisting arrest involves an attempt to prevent an officer
from making an
arrest, obstruction of a peace officer covers a much broader spectrum of conduct that falls under the rubric of «hindering the enforcement of the penal law or the preservation of the peace.»