Rush your stroke wife to the Hospital = Jail Time

[Trip]

Fucked up...

http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2010/jun/19/newlyweds-want-answers-for-arrest/

Aline Wright's honeymoon this week included a rush to the hospital and a trip to jail for her husband.

"They handcuffed him in front of my room," she said Friday, an hour after being released from Erlanger hospital.

Both Mrs. Wright and her husband, Eric Jesse Wright, 27, work at Erlanger. She is an emergency room nurse, he is a nurse technician who served as a medic in Iraq with the U.S. Army.

Mrs. Wright, 22, also is a cancer survivor whose left leg was amputated above the knee and who suffers from a heart condition as a result of previous chemotherapy.

On Wednesday night, she started showing symptoms of a possible stroke, she said. Her husband checked her physical reactions and decided she needed to be rushed to the hospital.


The couple, who were married June 13 at the Yellow Deli, lives near Missionary Ridge and knew they were a 10-minute drive from the hospital. With horn honking and headlights flashing, Mr. Wright rushed his wife to the hospital, running a couple of red lights along the way, his wife said.

"All the lights were green except the last two," she said.

After the car crossed through one of those lights, a Chattanooga police patrol car followed behind, its own lights flashing. The couple initially thought the officer was helping them get to the hospital, since they were so close, Mrs. Wright said.

Instead, when they pulled up to the emergency room entrance, Officer James Daves approached.

"The first words he said were, 'I'm going to arrest you,'" Mrs. Wright said, tearing up as she described the scene nearly two days later in a friend's Signal Mountain home.

Mr. Wright wasn't taken into custody on Wednesday, his wife said, and he tried to turn himself in to authorities on Thursday but was told by jail officers that his name wasn't in their computer database.

On Friday, Erlanger security officers took him out of her hospital room and delivered him to Chattanooga police, Mrs. Wright and family friends say.

Mr. Wright was booked into Hamilton County Jail on Friday morning on seven charges, according to court records, including assault on police, disorderly conduct, reckless endangerment, felony evading arrest, registration expired and two counts of traffic signals violation.

Family friends said late Friday that Mr. Wright was released from jail after paying a $7,500 bond.

The Hamilton County General Sessions Court website lists his trial date as July 9.

Lt. Kim Noorbergen, Chattanooga police spokeswoman, said there was a supervisory complaint filed against Officer Daves following the incident. The officer's supervisor, Sgt. Anthony Easter, reviewed the complaint and determined that "no policy violations, rules or procedures or laws were broken," she said.

Mr. Wright can request an internal affairs investigation on Officer Daves, officials said. Family friends confirmed late Friday afternoon that the couple plans to file that request Monday.

Time is of the essence in a potential stroke because brain tissue can suffer irrevocable damage with each passing minute, according to a signed letter from Erlanger Dr. Francis M. Fesmire. A copy of that letter, provided by Mrs. Wright, states that "therapies for acute stroke are most effective the earlier that treatment is initiated."

Dr. Fesmire wrote the letter asking for leniency in the charges filed against Mr. Wright.

On Wednesday, after she was placed in a room at Erlanger, hospital security came in and told Mr. Wright that Chattanooga police had issued arrest warrants for him, Mrs. Wright said. When he wasn't taken into custody Thursday after going to the jail, the couple thought their problem was solved.

But about 9 a.m. Friday, Erlanger police officers came to their room, asked Mr. Wright into the hall, handcuffed him and transported him out of the building to waiting Chattanooga police, she said.

Erlanger spokeswoman Jennifer Homa said whenever there are felony arrest warrants for an occupant of the hospital, Erlanger security will detain and transport that person to the custody of the outside police agency.

[tallywacker]

Most of those charges will be dropped. I know people that have ran and got caught and most of their charges were dropped and they had no excuse to run.

[derf]

Me thinks that there is more to the story based on the list of charges. But I bet it was a dick cop too who didnt want to hear that the wife was going to the hospital, and made the situation worse by trying to arrest the guy right away rather than asses the situation

[Kaneman]

Originally Posted by derf

Me thinks that there is more to the story based on the list of charges. But I bet it was a dick cop too who didnt want to hear that the wife was going to the hospital, and made the situation worse by trying to arrest the guy right away rather than asses the situation

Don't count on there being more to the story....this was a big local story when it went down. This fucking cocksucker is still on the force BTW, I believe he was rehired in Oklahoma.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-jJsFdnckU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nezRJ4XiXBc

[pauldun170]

Don't do anything wrong ...
Including assault on police,
disorderly conduct,
reckless endangerment,
felony evading arrest,
registration expired
two counts of traffic signals violation.

In the classic time honored tradition of american opinion I declare him guilty until proven innocent of all charges.

Shoulda tazed his ass right there in the hospital room.
Officers jobs are hard therefore we should assume this guy is an pedo-gang banging-homosexual-anti troops-peta lovin-atheist-liberal-illegal alien-meth addict welfare acuser who should be castrated and deported to guantanamo because he hates freedom.
Thats unless he rides a motorcycle. something like a RC-51 or HawkGT.
If thats the case then that officer should clearly be kicked off the force.

[pauldun170]

The liberal media at it again. Obviously we do not have all the facts and should take the following article with a grain of salt.

UPDATE: Officer accused of blocking ER on paid leave
CHATTANOOGA (WRCB) - The Chattanooga Police Department tells Eyewitness News it has placed the officer accused of barring a couple from entering the Erlanger Medical Center emergency room on paid administrative leave pending an investigation.

Officer James Daves is on paid administrative leave pending an Internal Affairs investigation of the incident that occurred at Erlanger Medical Center involving Eric "Jesse" Wright and Aline Wright.

This is not the first incident that has led to an investigation for Officer James Daves. Channel 3 Eyewitness News has confirmed that Officer Daves had been suspended without pay in September 2008. His suspension lasted for five days.

Aline Wright told WRCB Officer Daves blocked the entrance to the emergency room at Erlanger Medical Center after her husband Eric "Jesse" Wright ran a red light while attempting to get her to the emergency room. Aline, a cancer survivor, was showing symptoms of having a stroke at the time she was rushed to the hospital.

A warrant was issued for Jesse, and he was subsequently arrested.

The Chattanooga Police Department tells Channel 3 Eyewitness News that because an Internal Affairs investigation has been launched into this incident, they will not make any further comments about the case.

[the chi]

The hubby probably told the cop to get the hell out of his way so he could save his wife, thus the assault.

I can understand both sides tho. The hubby should have at least used his cell to contact 911 and tell them he was coming so they could have sent an officer to escort, tho from the article, maybe he did since they thought the cop was there to escort them.

[Smittie61984]

Originally Posted by the chi

I can understand both sides tho. The hubby should have at least used his cell to contact 911 and tell them he was coming so they could have sent an officer to escort, tho from the article, maybe he did since they thought the cop was there to escort them.

I was thinking that too. No way they are dumb enough to think that them running a red light (horns and lights flashing or not) would cause a cop to think "stroke".

Both Mrs. Wright and her husband, Eric Jesse Wright, 27, work at Erlanger. She is an emergency room nurse, he is a nurse technician who served as a medic in Iraq with the U.S. Army.

Mrs. Wright, 22, also is a cancer survivor whose left leg was amputated above the knee and who suffers from a heart condition as a result of previous chemotherapy.

God damn. In the words of Sean Hannity, they are great Americans. Stories like this remind you that your life doesn't suck as much as you think it does.

I hope everything is dropped based on how awesome those people are.

[pauldun170]

Originally Posted by Smittie61984

I was thinking that too. No way they are dumb enough to think that them running a red light (horns and lights flashing or not) would cause a cop to think "stroke".



God damn. In the words of Sean Hannity, they are great Americans. Stories like this remind you that your life doesn't suck as much as you think it does.

I hope everything is dropped based on how awesome those people are.

The officers supporters are already trying to counter with "he's a veteran too" cards.
In order for the officer to counter the Wrights, he needs a dead dog, an autistic child and three bouts of swine flu. Thats just to up his ranking to parity.

After that I think they have to arm wrestle while dressed in scuba gear at the bottom of a shark tank.

"Police officers jobs are HARD" vs nurses

[Smittie61984]

Originally Posted by pauldun170

"Police officers jobs are HARD" vs nurses

What about vs an Army Medic (the guy getting arrested)?