It Can Happen to You, Mr. & Mrs. Ohio

As the following stories prove, no one leaves home expecting to be attacked, and no CHL-holder should plan to carry only when going into an area they deem to be high risk.

Newark man injured in attack
Nov. 7, 2004 - Heath:

A Newark man is recovering in a Columbus hospital after an attack Friday night that left him with a fractured skull and broken nose.

The 26-year-old was approached by two unidentified men in front of the Giant Eagle in Heath. They asked him for a cigarette, the victim said he didn't have one and was then attacked, Heath police stated.

Carjacking: Man Shot While Pumping Gas
Nov. 8, 2004 - Dayton:

A man was shot while filling up at a local gas station. The shooter then hopped in the victim's car and drove off. The man was shot in the arm and police believe he will survive. Police said the call came in at 1:37 p.m. A man was pumping gas at a station along Gettysburg. Witnesses said someone tried to steal his car, firing shots at the owner.

He was hit and ran across the street to a fast-food restaurant. "They had blown a hole in the back of his arm probably with a .357 or something. He had gotten carjacked over at the gas station by some boys," said one witness.

School "safety" zone shooting
Nov. 12, 2004 - Fairborn:

A Central State University junior fired an AK-47 semiautomatic rifle at a former girlfriend's head after abducting her from a friend's car about 4 a.m. Friday, Fairborn police said.

Sidney Arnel Banks Jr., 20 of Fairborn appeared in Municipal Court on abduction, felonious assault and discharging a weapon in a school safety zone charges.

Fairborn detective Steve Jahns said Banks tail-gated the car the 20-year-old Fairborn woman — a CSU sophomore — was riding in with a male friend taking her home from a bar. The driver told police he pulled over to find out why he was being followed, Jahns said.

Banks walked up to his vehicle and said, "So it's gonna be like this," police reports said. He retrieved the weapon from his car, returned and pointed the weapon at the driver, according to police.

"He pulled the trigger," Jahns said, adding it was unclear if the gun was loaded or if it misfired. "It's a high-powered weapon. It has the ability to do a lot of damage," he said.

According to police, Banks then pointed the rifle at the woman and told her to get in the back seat of his car. They drove to a Fairborn High School parking lot on Dayton-Yellow Springs Road, then got out of the car and argued, police said. He got the rifle from his car and fired it at the woman's head, but missed, police said.

Search for garbage man turns to robbery
Nov. 14, 2004 - Sandusky:

An elderly man was robbed Saturday while sitting in his 1992 Ford Aerostar.

Emory Fox, 77, of the 900 block of Woodlawn Ave. described the robber as
a stocky-built black male, between the ages of 25-30, with a height
between 5 feet 5 inches and five feet 10 inches and no facial hair,
according to police records.

According to police, Fox was in the neighborhood looking for a specific
garbage hauler when he approached the suspect, asking him if he knew the
garbageman. The suspect said he did and directed Fox to a house in the
700 block of Curran St. The suspect knocked on the door, then returned,
threatening Fox with a gun and demanding his checkbook and wallet.

A struggle ensued, but the suspect overpowered Fox, according to police.

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