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Friday, July 31, 2009
Ind. Courts - Still more on "He was trying to put her over that railing"
Updating these ILB entries from Juen and July 2007, Sue Scott of WLFI reports today in a story with video that begins:
LAFAYETTE, Ind (WLFI) - A Lafayette man is on trial accused of trying to throw an attorney over the railing from the fourth floor of the Tippecanoe County Courthouse.51-year-old Russell Timmons is charged with Attempted Murder, Battery, and Confinement. The charges stem from an incident in June 2007.
The jury watched video from courthouse security cameras. Witnesses said Timmons tried to push Fort Wayne attorney Linda Polley over the atrium's railing. Polley represented the insurance company Timmons was taking to court.
In the video viewable to the upper left, Polely, Timmons, as well as some other individuals are walking down the hall toward a railing overlooking a three-story drop. Timmons can be seen rushing Polley and, after she does not go over the railing in the initial attack, dragging Polley along the ground back toward the railing until bystanders came forward and stopped him.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on July 31, 2009 09:03 AM
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