FOR THE THIRD TIME IN THE PAST FIVE WEEKS, a Cincinnati, Ohio, firefighter has been arrested and charged with a felony.
Aaron Turner
Yesterday (Saturday) Aaron Turner, 40, was taken into custody after a standoff with police following a domestic-violence situation at his home in Hamilton County. Police were called by Turner’s wife who told them that her husband, an apparatus operator with the CFD, had choked her and thrown her against the wall. When the police first repsonded, he told them that he had a .45 pistol and ”that he would kill himself and anyone who attempted to bring him out,” according to a police report.
Eventually at 4 am Saturday morning he surrendered peacefully and was taken to the Hamilton County Jail where he remains this morning.
Firegeezer has been reporting on this uncontrolled labor situation in the Cincinnati Fire Department HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE. In the last four years there have been at least 59 firefighters arrested or fired for major offenses, an average of one every 3.3 weeks. One of the nation’s oldest fire departments, this once-proud and highly admired agency has seen its firehouses become halfway houses. The befuddled fire chief, who refers to the citizens as “satisfied customers,” has allowed the situation to fester and grow while being protected by the city manager.
Read the full story on today’s development in the Cincinnati Enquirer HERE.
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