Hallelujah!
A profound and wondrous miracle has occurred! A miracle that will live on forever in song and fable! The frail and crippled woman shall arise from her wheelchair and run! Run like the wind! To escape the police who were attempting to arrest her!
After her arrest this month by Las Vegas police, Laura Lee Medley, 35, of Alhambra leaped from her wheelchair and ran for freedom, officials said.
Complaining earlier that she was having medical problems, police took the woman to a Las Vegas hospital for treatment, said David Wert, spokesman for San Bernardino County.
"That's where the great miracle occurred," he said. Medley "made a break for it," leading police on a brief foot pursuit before she was captured, Wert said.
It seems Laura Lee has a penchant for filing lawsuits against various municipalities and public bodies over certain ADA-related grievances. And she's got an unusual anatomy, as well.
Medley's claims against public entities — including San Bernardino County, South Pasadena and Long Beach — claimed a bus dropped her off near what she called a non-ADA compliant roadway or curb, causing her wheelchair to topple. She claimed three broken arms in eight weeks — two lefts and a right.
She's still got a federal lawsuit pending against the city of Long Beach.
And you didn't believe in miracles!
Criminal Masterminds | Gaius Thursday, 11 May , 2006
By Black Jack, Friday, 12 May , 2006 @ 9:42 am
Well, I may not have much faith in miracles, but I do have a great deal of confidence in the application of police authority. Not that I deny the benefits of divine intervention, but let’s face it, the cops do have a better track record.
By Gaius, Friday, 12 May , 2006 @ 11:12 am
They’re usually a little handier to reach!