Brian Wilhelm, of New Lenox, who lost his leg in combat and suffers from PTSD, was charged with battery and obstructing police in December after trying to help people in a car accident on his block.
Brian Wilhelm, the 28-year-old Army veteran who was Tasered in December by New Lenox police, was found not guilty on battery and obstructing police charges. Wilhelm said he came to help at the scene of a Dec. 11 car accident near his home at Woodlawn and Wisconsin roads. After trying to assist an injured passenger, Wilhelm got into a confrontation with New Lenox police officer Mark Klausner. The two had their hands on each other when another officer used his Taser on Wilhelm. The New Lenox Police Department maintained that deploying a Taser was necessary because officers say Wilhelm grabbed an officer and was not following orders. But a Will County jury found Wilhelm not guilty on both charges Wednesday afternoon following just over an …
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Brian Wilhelm is trying to get charges of obstructing a peace officer dropped, saying he was Tasered while trying to help on the scene of a car accident near his New Lenox home.
An Iraq War veteran wants obstruction of a peace officer charges against him dropped because he claims New Lenox police used excessive force in shooting him with a Taser in early December. Brian Wilhelm, 28, of New Lenox, said he came to help at the scene of a Dec. 11 car accident near his home at Woodlawn and Wisconsin roads. After trying to assist an injured passenger, Wilhelm got into a confrontation with New Lenox police officer Mark Klausner. The two had their hands on each other when another officer used his Taser on Wilhelm. Police charged Wilhelm with obstructing a peace officer. A U.S. Army veteran who served from 2000 to 2006, Wilhelm was shot in combat in Iraq. He lost his leg as a result of his wounds. He now has a prosthetic …
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Tired of the B.S.
5:30 pm on Wednesday, September 5, 2012
nancygrace/ivent/stripes/butch, If anybody would know about psychopathic behavior, it would be you. I point to your comments below, which have absolutely nothing to do with anything being discussed on this thread. more ›