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Tucson Bike Lawyer: Road-raging firefighter gets 120 days for shooting at bicyclist
Cyclelicious: Firefighter who shot cyclist pleads out, sentenced
Drunkcyclist.com: Pop a round at a cyclist, get four months.
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RT @lancearmstrong: RT @iamtedking: This is a WTF?!... Former Asheville fireman gets 4 months for shooting at cyclist http://bit.ly/1ekP0J 11/21/2009 |
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RT @lancearmstrong: Agreed RT @iamtedking: This is a WTF Former Asheville fireman gets 4 months for shooting at cyclist http://bit.ly/1ekP0J 11/21/2009 |
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RT @kibail: 4 mos for shooting a cyclist in NC http://www.citizen-times.com/article/20091120/NEWS01/911200352 11/21/2009 |
Road-raging firefighter gets 120 days for shooting at bicyclist
Tucson Bike Lawyer —
Thanks Nate for the link.
Apparently the poor firefighter is the one who was threatened, so he had little choice but to point a gun at the cyclist’s head and pull the trigger. But he feels just terrible about it.
Former Asheville fireman gets 4 months for shooting at cyclist
By Clarke Morrison • November 20, 2009
ASHEVILLE — A former Asheville firefighter will spend 120 days in jail for shooting at a bicyclist, narrowly missing his head with a bullet that pierced the man’s helmet.
Charles Alexander Diez, 42, pleaded ...
Firefighter who shot cyclist pleads out, sentenced
Cyclelicious —
Former firefighter Charles Alexander Diez pled guilty yesterday to assault with a deadly weapon with intent to killand was sentenced to 120 days in jail, according to news reports. ...
Pop a round at a cyclist, get four months.
Drunkcyclist.com —
... firefighter will spend 120 days in jail for shooting at a bicyclist, narrowly missing his head with a bullet that pierced the man’s helmet. Charles Alexander Diez, 42, pleaded guilty Thursday to assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, but testified during his sentencing hearing that he only fired a warning shot and didn’t intend to hurt Alan Ray Simons. “I was the one who felt truly, truly threatened,” Diez told the court. “It was not my intention to shoot him.” See www.citizen-times.com . As if that wasn’t enough to get your blood boiling, there is more. Simons ...
Former Asheville Firefighter Gets Four Months For Shooting At Cyclist
Bike Rumor —
... to four months in prison, which could be increased to 15 to 27 months based on Diez’s behavior during the next 30 months. Superior Court Judge James Downs said mitigating factors, including Diez’s excellent work history and lack of prior criminal records, was the basis for the lenient sentence. Diez says he only intended to fire a warning shot, that he felt threatened because Simons reached into his car and grabbed his shirt (a claim Simons denies). Read the full story at Asheville Citizen-Times.com
