Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke
Victims of a 2008 shooting by an off-duty sheriff's deputy during a domestic incident claim Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. and two top staff members conspired to keep the [Thomas Hutchins] on the force and were negligent in letting him have a department weapon when they were aware of the man's ongoing domestic violence issues...
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- [WI] Deputy Hutchins, who shot his girlfriend & 12 year old neighbor who helped her, has a violent history - ...MARY HUTCHINS CLAIMED THAT HER EX-HUSBAND HAD THREATENED HER FOR FOUR YEARS AND SAID HE'D MAKE HER SEE HER MOTHER, WHO DIED IN 2004...."DEPUTY THOMAS HUTCHINS THREATENED TO TAKE MY LIFE... HE DOESN'T CARE, HE WILL KILL ME"... HE EVEN RIPPED THE PHONE OUT OF THE WALL..."YOU TAKE MY JOB, I'LL TAKE YOUR LIFE"... THEN HE POINTED HIS GLOCK HANDGUN AT HER AND STATED, "YOU TAKE MY JOB, I'LL TAKE YOUR LIFE," ACCORDING TO THE COMPLAINT. HE FIRED TWICE, THE COMPLAINT SAYS. SHE FELT PAIN IN HER FACE AND RAN...
- [WI] Shot in the face, Deputy Hutchins' girlfriend leaps from window, before 12 year Karess Patton also shot - ...The girlfriend -- still trying to flee the deputy -- jumped out of an upstairs window to the pavement below and continued to run through a number of yards before getting help from another neighbor...
- [WI] Then-Deputy Hutchins gets 20 years for shooting girlfriend and 12 year old girl - ...[Former Milwaukee County Sheriff's Deputy Thomas] Hutchins' attorney, Bridget Boyle, said Hutchins fired several shots at the door lock because he wanted to see if [his then-girlfriend Petria] Dent was all right. Dent, who was in the courtroom gallery responded loudly: "He shot me in the face! What does she mean he wanted to see if I was OK?...
Journal Sentinel
By Bruce Vielmetti
Posted: Feb. 7, 2010
[Excerpts] Victims of a 2008 shooting by an off-duty sheriff's deputy during a domestic incident claim Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. and two top staff members conspired to keep the man on the force and were negligent in letting him have a department weapon when they were aware of the man's ongoing domestic violence issues. The lawsuit, filed Friday in Milwaukee County Circuit Court, seeks damages for two people who suffered gunshot wounds and for several children who were present during the outburst by former corrections deputy Thomas D. Hutchins. A judge on Friday granted a temporary restraining order to prevent Hutchins or his agents from spending or moving any possible assets that he may own or control. Hutchins, 41, is serving 20 years after pleading no contest to two counts of intentional first-degree reckless injury and one count of endangering safety by use of a dangerous weapon. On Dec. 15, 2008, Hutchins shot his girlfriend in the face, then followed her to a neighbor's home and fired several shots through a locked door, injuring a 12-year-old girl. He used a sheriff's office-issue .40 caliber handgun... The lawsuit claims the children who witnessed the rampage "have and will likely continue to suffer repeated and severe bouts of mental anguish and psychological repercussions"... Clarke could not be reached for comment on the lawsuit... [Full article here]
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he was off duty and used his own weapon not the work gun. how is the county or the sheriff legally responsilbe. this is just another way greedy money hungry lawyers making the pockets fat. who is paying the lawyers fee
ReplyDeleteThe sheriff could have made Mr. Hutchins turn in all his weapons until he fixed his personal life.
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