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Porch collapse results in police officer injury
By John Richmeier, Times Staff Writer
Published: Monday, June 5, 2006
A
Leavenworth police officer was injured Thursday when the porch he
was standing on during an arrest collapsed, according to a
department spokesman.
Sgt. William Slusher had not returned to duty on Friday.
“He’s probably out for a about week to 10 days,” said Maj. Pat
Kitchens, deputy chief of the Leavenworth Police Department.
Slusher had gone to a residence Thursday in the 1500 block of Kenton
Street to arrest a 46-year-old man on a Leavenworth County warrant
for aggravated assault of a law enforcement officer.
Several officers had gone to the scene. Members of the U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement also were on hand because they
wanted to interview the man as part of an unrelated case, Kitchens
said.
The man was taken into custody without incident. Everyone except
Slusher had moved off the wooden porch at the time it collapsed.
“The entire thing collapsed,” Kitchens said.
Slusher ended up falling about eight to 10 feet, Kitchens said.
It happened at about 3:30 p.m. Thursday. Slusher was taken to Saint
John Hospital, treated for injuries and released.
Not many details were provided about Slusher’s injuries but Kitchens
said they were not life threatening.
A city inspector looked at the porch and initial conclusions were
that the lumber was decayed and the structure was improperly
attached and supported, Kitchens said.
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