Fugitive accused of stealing $100K captured by SWAT team

[InkAddict]

Source: Dayton Daily News

Barking dogs at a house in central Florida were the start of how a local fugitive’s life on the lam ended.

Ernest David Collins, 55, of Lebanon, who was wanted in Warren County for bilking $100,000 from three state and federal nonprofit conservation organizations, was arrested Monday in a home owned by his mother in Mount Dora, Fla.

A SWAT team from the Lake County, Fla. Sheriff’s Office arrested Collins about 10 p.m., according Sgt. Jim Vachon.

Vachon said the SWAT team was used as precaution as deputies executed the arrest warrant issued from Warren County.

The case was originally reported to Lebanon police by an employee of the Top of Ohio Resource Conservation and Development District when discrepancies in financial records were discovered, Curry said. The investigation was turned over to the Ohio Bureau of Investigation and Identification in March 2009, he said.

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Presumption of a need for excessive force here too? Ahhh...the barking terrorist dogs.

[Sonoman]

1. A lot of SWAT activity is budget-driven.

If the SWAT division of your local police department doesn't use deplete its allotted funds, said funds will soon be cut.

Ever wonder why your local Fire Dept just goes cruising around when there is no apparent reason? Same deal.

Sonoman

[boppers]

2. If they just sat around between real needs, well, they wouldn't be trained very well.

Ever wonder why the US Navy is still in existence, when we haven't had a sea war since, oh, maybe the 1940's?

[Kelvin Mace]

4. There are other ways to keep in

training that doesn't involve diving into situations were your actions greatly increase the risk of dead people.

Unless this guy was known to be armed and dangerous, the amount of force used was inappropriate.

Last I looked, the U.S. Navy doesn't make it a habit of launching SEAL strikes against houseboats looking for people who committed non-violent crimes.

Where the hell is this level of overkill on Wall Street?

[boppers]

5. "your actions greatly increase the risk of dead people"?

Uh, that's exactly the *opposite* of the point of training. Professionals train to avoid shooting the wrong people, or shooting in a lethal manner when it is not required. (Disclaimer, my younger brother is a SWAT EMT, he runs with them to patch *everybody* up if there's any injury).

"Unless this guy was known to be armed and dangerous, the amount of force used was inappropriate."

Well, the NRA has done its best to make sure nobody knows who is, and isn't, armed and dangerous.

"Last I looked, the U.S. Navy doesn't make it a habit of launching SEAL strikes against houseboats looking for people who committed non-violent crimes."

SWAT != SEAL. Not by a million miles.

"Where the hell is this level of overkill on Wall Street?"

"Stealing" is legal in many ways on Wall Street, because people choose to buy their lottery tickets in hope that they'll be worth something.

[DJ13]

3. Meanwhile the criminals who stole billions still remain at large on Wall St

Is this a great country or what!