This Man was threatening his sister with a knife, and assaulted a cop when they tried to arrest him. He got the AA get out of jail card!
Man gets probation for head butting cop
Posted: Wednesday, Wed Apr 25, 2012.
By Margaret Gibbons Staff writer
A Towamencin man Tuesday received a two-year probation sentence for assaulting a police officer who had responded to a 911 call reporting that the man had threatened his sister with a kitchen knife.
Daniel J. Furber, 46, who was drinking at the time of the episode, pleaded guilty to simple assault of a police officer. Furber will have to receive drug and alcohol treatment and attend AA meetings.
He also must make a $500 contribution to the local youth club.The incident took place on April 17, 2011, at about 8 p.m. Police initially were dispatched to investigate a 911 hang-up call from a residence in the 1900 block of Bremen Road. On the way to the residence, a 911 dispatcher relayed information that they were able to make contact with Furber’s sister, who reported that Furber had threatened her with a knife.
When they arrived, police spotted Furber standing inside the garage next to a car and engaged in an agitated cellphone conversation in which he was screaming that police were coming and he was going to jail.
Police, not knowing whether Furber was armed, asked him to step out of the garage and talk about what was going on. Furber initially challenged the officers, telling them to come into the garage “so I can kick your (butt)” and telling them to come into the garage and get him, according to the criminal complaint.
When Furber repeatedly refused orders, the officer activated his Taser and again, told Furber to exit the garage. Furber complied, telling the officer “it’s cool, don’t tase me,” according to the criminal complaint.
Furber again became agitated when the officers attempted to handcuff him, threatening the officers and head-butting them, the complaint said. One officer, whose face Furber hit with the back of his head, suffered a cut lip and cuts inside his mouth, according to the complaint.
Furber also struggled with police getting into patrol car.
The sister told police that she and her brother had been fighting all day.
Furber was the one who made the initial call to 911 but quickly hung up. While she was talking with the dispatcher, who had called back, Furber took out a kitchen knife and pointed it at her although he quickly put the knife back in the drawer, according to the complaint.
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