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U.S. NEWS Saturday 9 September 2017

Police: Officer arrested nurse after being told to let it go

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST put Payne on paid leave
Associated Press after dramatic video of the
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A July 26 arrest surfaced.
Utah police officer whose Police spokeswoman Chris-
rough arrest of a hospital tina Judd said an internal
nurse has drawn condem- review will look at the direc-
nation put the woman in tions Payne received and
handcuffs even after inves- how he responded.
tigators told him not to wor- Prosecutors also opened a
ry about getting a blood criminal investigation that
sample he was seeking widened Thursday when
from a patient, the chief the district attorney asked
whose department asked the FBI to look into possible
for it said Friday. civil rights violations.
Officers initially wanted the Payne’s lawyer, Greg Skor-
sample as a routine part of das, declined to comment
a car crash investigation, Friday.
said Logan Police Chief Payne was supported by
Gary Jensen. But after Salt his supervisor, Lt. James
Lake City Police detective Tracy, who is shown on the
Jeff Payne was told he’d body-camera video con-
need a warrant or for- tinuing to insist that police
mal consent to get it, col- have the right to get the
leagues told him that they blood after Wubbels was
would pursue another strat- handcuffed in a police car.
egy. Tracy’s lawyer told the De- Nurse Alex Wubbels displays video frame grabs from SaltLake City Police Department body cams
“He simply said, ‘Don’t wor- seret News that he’s been of herself being taken into custody, during an interview, in Salt Lake City.
ry about it. We’ll go anoth- the target of multiple on- (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
er way,’” Jensen said. line threats and had to tion is complete. Tracy has Patrol troopers in a pickup lided. The semi exploded
Payne nevertheless insisted. shut down his social media also been placed on paid truck. and caught fire.
When nurse Alex Wubbels pages since the video was leave. The troopers had tried to Gray was flown 75 miles
held her ground based on released. The patient, William Gray stop the pickup for reck- (120 kilometers) south to
the University of Utah hospi- Attorney Ed Brass said Tracy of Rigby, Idaho, had been less driving but the man the University of Utah hos-
tal’s policy, Payne dragged has served Salt Lake City driving a tractor-trailer in sped away, the highway pital’s burn unit. Police from
her screaming from the hos- for nearly 30 years, and northern Utah when he patrol said in a statement. Logan, near the scene of
pital in handcuffs. Salt Lake judgment should be with- was hit head-on by a man The pickup driver was killed the crash, were called in to
City police apologized and held until a full investiga- fleeing from Utah Highway when the two vehicles col- investigate. q

Day care workers in Delaware stop man from taking 2 infants

By KASEY JONES the facility, police spokes- grabbed one baby. The The man refused to obey with a baton, and was able
Associated Press man Sgt. Richard Bratz said. first worker then caught the the officers’ orders, Bratz to take him into custody,
Day care workers in Dela- The man went to the infant second baby as the child said, and one officer shot Bratz said.
ware stopped a man from room, punched another began slipping from the him with a Taser. The man Calvin Davis, 47, of Newark
walking off with two babies worker in the face, and suspect’s arm. continued to approach the was taken to a hospital for
after the stranger shoved picked up two infants, put- The suspect ran from the officer, police said, and the evaluation. When he is re-
his way into the facility and ting one under each arm. day care, punching a car officer tripped on a curb leased, Bratz said, Davis will
grabbed the infants, state When the man tried to in the parking lot, Bratz said. and fell backward. The of- be charged with kidnap-
police said Friday. leave with the babies, one State and county police of- ficer again deployed the ping, assault and other of-
The man rang the front of the workers stood in front ficers saw the man and or- Taser, authorities said, but fenses. The injured officer
doorbell at Happy Kids of the door to stop him, po- dered him to stop walking the man continued to ap- was taken to a hospital.
Academy in Newark and lice said. The other worker and show his hands, police proach the officer. One of the two babies sus-
pushed a worker to get into went behind the man and said. The officer then hit the man tained a minor cut.q