{"id":102218,"date":"2015-04-07T23:42:18","date_gmt":"2015-04-07T13:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=102218"},"modified":"2021-01-25T14:21:24","modified_gmt":"2021-01-25T04:21:24","slug":"police-taser-man-threatening-ambos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2015\/04\/07\/police-taser-man-threatening-ambos\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Taser Man &#8216;Threatening Ambos&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>April 7, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kingaroy Police were forced to taser a man with suspected mental health issues after he allegedly began threatening ambulance personnel who were trying to help him on Sunday evening.<\/p>\n<p>Officer-in-charge of Kingaroy Police, Senior Sergeant Duane Frank, said police were called to the man&#8217;s home in Wattle Camp about 6:30pm.<\/p>\n<p>Police had previously been alerted by concerned people that the 37-year-old man&#8217;s behaviour was becoming erratic.<\/p>\n<p>Snr Sgt Frank said that when officers arrived, ambulance staff were trying to assess the man, however he became &#8220;aggressive and violent&#8221;, armed himself with a chair and started making threats and swinging it around.<\/p>\n<p>The man then allegedly started moving towards the kitchen.<\/p>\n<p>Snr Sgt Frank said police feared he may take a weapon from the kitchen and they made the decision to subdue him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They deployed the taser and it had an immediate effect. The ambulance crew was already there and attended to him straight away,&#8221; Snr Sgt Frank said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When he was subdued he was transported to Kingaroy Hospital for assessment. The taser had no lasting effect on him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* * *<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>An alleged shoplifter at the SupaIGA in Kingaroy last Wednesday afternoon was sprung by an alert staff member who spotted a barcode sticking out from under his shirt.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Snr Sgt Frank said the 36-year-old man from Brisbane had stuffed a tray of meat down his pants and another meat tray down his shirt.<\/p>\n<p>As he was leaving the store, a staff member spotted the barcode sticker and confronted the man, who ran off on foot.<\/p>\n<p>Snr Sgt Frank said police quickly located him. He has been issued with a notice to appear in court on a charge of shop stealing.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* * *<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>A 39-year-old man has been charged with a public nuisance offence after police were called to a disturbance at a residence in Memerambi.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Police will allege the man was threatening other people at the house and behaving in an aggressive manner.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* * *<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Anyone with information about last Thursday&#8217;s tyre slashing incident in Cornish Street, Kingaroy, has been asked to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800-333-000.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In an apparently unrelated incident, Nanango police are investigating the slashing of tyres on the Nanango RSL courtesy bus and two cars parked in Fitzroy Street on Good Friday.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* * *<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>On Friday afternoon, police dropped into a house in Belle Street, Kingaroy, looking for a person on an outstanding arrest warrant.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>They located a 20-year-old man who was wanted for failing to appear in court on charges of rioting and possessing property suspected of being stolen.<\/p>\n<p>A 22-year-old man was also arrested on a return-to-prison warrant for allegedly breaching his parole conditions.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* * *<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>On Friday night, police patrolling River Road in Kingaroy spotted a Mitsubishi sedan. The 22-year-old driver has been issued with a notice to appear in court\u00a0 to face a charge of unlicensed driving.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* * *<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Police were called to Haly Street, Kingaroy, at 8:30pm on Easter Sunday after reports a man was jumping out on the road and disrupting traffic.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The man was allegedly running at passing cars.<\/p>\n<p>Snr Sgt Frank said the 23-year-old Gympie man, who was in Kingaroy to visit friends at Easter, appeared to be &#8220;grossly affected by alcohol or other substances&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>He has been charged with a public nuisance offence.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* * *<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>A man has been charged with possessing dangerous drugs after police allegedly located a small amount of amphetamines at a residence in Oasis Drive, Kingaroy, last Wednesday.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* * *<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Police trying to execute a drug search warrant at a house in Parkside Drive, Kingaroy, last Wednesday were allegedly refused entry to the house.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Snr Sgt Frank said police forced their way in and located a youth in possession of a drug utensil. He was dealt with under provisions of the Youth Justice Act.<\/p>\n<p>A 29-year-old man has been charged with obstructing police.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kingaroy Police were forced to use a taser on a man suffering suspected mental health issues after he allegedly began threatening ambulance personnel who were trying to help him on Sunday evening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":277292,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,24],"tags":[1132],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Police Taser Man &#039;Threatening Ambos&#039; - southburnett.com.au<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2015\/04\/07\/police-taser-man-threatening-ambos\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Police Taser Man &#039;Threatening Ambos&#039; - 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