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Darke County Sheriff’s Office...
Standoff with “bath
salts” related suicidal subject
6/24/11
Gettysburg – On June 24, 2011 at 4:45 p.m. Darke County 911 received a
call in reference to a suspicious white male running northbound on
Horatio New Harrison Rd. from Childrens Home Bradford Rd. The 911
caller advised that the male subject was not wearing a shirt and was
claiming that people were chasing him.
Darke County Deputies were dispatched to the area and upon their
arrival they located a white male subject matching the description in
front of the residence at 7676 Horatio New Harrison Rd. When
deputies approached the male subject he pulled a knife from his pocket
and immediately put the knife to his throat threatening to kill
himself. Deputies realized the potential severity of the
situation and immediately called for additional man-power.
Negotiators and Special Response Team personnel were immediately
activated. Gettysburg Rescue was also dispatched to the area to
stand by. Horatio New Harrison Rd. was immediately blocked
off. Darke County Negotiators began a two and a half hour
negotiation with the white male subject who had identified himself as
Jim; later fully identified as James W. Jordan (30) of Sidney, OH.
During the negotiation Jim continued making threats of taking his life
multiple times and began showing great paranoia. The Special
Response Team was able to position them selves to be able to deploy a
less lethal means in order to take Jim in to custody. Negotiators
were then able to move Jim towards the team and Jim was taken into
custody without serious injury.
Jim was treated at the scene by Gettysburg Rescue and transported to
Wayne Hospital. At last report Jim remains hospitalized for further
observation.
During the investigation it was learned that Jim’s behavior was
abnormal and was later learned that his altered behavior was due to the
use of “bath salts.”
Deputies continue to investigate the incident and wish to caution
businesses that providing “bath salts” to the public even though “bath
salts” remain legal to sell to date, but does not eliminate those
businesses from other liabilities.
The incident remains under investigation and will be reviewed further
with the Darke County Prosecuting Attorney some time next week.
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