Armed security officer detains man in wheelchair at gunpoint after death threats privateofficer Plantation FL March 9 2014 A security guard with a gun kept an armed man in a wheelchair at bay after the man threatened to shoot everyone in a Social Security office, Plantation Police said. Jeffrey Sapper, 59, was arrested Thursday and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, jail records showed. He is accused of going into the Social Security office at 8501 W. Sunrise Blvd. and starting an argument with its employees, according to an arrest report read in court Friday by Judge John “Jay” Hurley. “Plantation Police said that the security guard was pointing his firearm at Mr. Sapper, [who was] sitting in a wheelchair,” Hurley read from the report. “[Sapper] had a bag at his feet and four different witnesses said that Mr. Sapper had been overheard yelling that he had a gun.” Police searched the bag and found a loaded gun, the report stated. “Mr. Sapper was going to shoot the staff people there,” the judge read. “Sapper stood up at one point, assumed a fighting stance after telling staff members he had a gun [and said] he would shoot them.” A $5,000 bond was posted shortly after his arrest, but before Sapper was released from jail the judge ordered him back to court, where the bond was increased to $50,000. Hurley also ordered Sapper not to return to the Social Security office and to stay away from guns and ammunition. The judge gave several reasons for raising the bond. “No. 1, that you would be foolish enough, allegedly, to bring a firearm into a Social Security office; No. 2, that you would, allegedly, make threats to shoot people in the Social Security office when there was some dispute; the third thing is the strength of the case against you.” Hurley cited the number of witnesses who heard the threats and saw the gun. “It’s just very concerning, and we hear it on the news all the time, that people go into government buildings and shoot up the place,” he said. “I don’t know if it’s a mental health issue, but I’m concerned about your lack of being rational.” Records showed Sapper had a prior arrest for battery in 1986; Hurley ruled he was still a risk to the community. SunSentinel
Posted on: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 00:44:46 +0000
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