Rand Paul assaulted at Kentucky home (UPDATE: 6 broken ribs)
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The press release is unreal. Is it typical for a press release from the DOJ to include the criminal's excuse for committing the crime?
Press release: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdin/pr/kentucky-man-sentenced-assaulting-member-congress
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US District Judge Marianne Batanni:
from the Eastern District of Michigan, sitting by special designation.
(Battani said it was) a "dispute between neighbors" and an "isolated incident," not motivated by politics. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/ju...ing-lawmaker-over-n883666?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_np
'I know it's a heavy burden to be a convicted felon, but I hope you can forgive yourself and go on with your life," Battani said. "I hope the Pauls can forgive you, but ultimately, you can forgive yourself.' http://wkyufm.org/post/rand-paul-attacker-sentenced-30-days-behind-bars#stream/0
Josh J. Minkler:
U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana
U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Indiana:
assigned the case following the recusal of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Kentucky
Louisville office of the FBI:
Investigators
Kentucky State Police:
Investigators
Amy S. Hess:
Special Agent in Charge from FBI's Louisville field office
Appointed by James Comey. https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/louisville/special-agent-in-charge-amy-hess
Bradley P. Shepard:
(The Prosecutor!) Assistant U.S. Attorney from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Indiana, prosecuted this case as a Special Attorney to the U.S. Attorney General
from the Eastern District of Michigan, sitting by special designation.
(Battani said it was) a "dispute between neighbors" and an "isolated incident," not motivated by politics. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/ju...ing-lawmaker-over-n883666?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_np
'I know it's a heavy burden to be a convicted felon, but I hope you can forgive yourself and go on with your life," Battani said. "I hope the Pauls can forgive you, but ultimately, you can forgive yourself.' http://wkyufm.org/post/rand-paul-attacker-sentenced-30-days-behind-bars#stream/0
Josh J. Minkler:
U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana
U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Indiana:
assigned the case following the recusal of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Kentucky
Louisville office of the FBI:
Investigators
Kentucky State Police:
Investigators
Amy S. Hess:
Special Agent in Charge from FBI's Louisville field office
Appointed by James Comey. https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/louisville/special-agent-in-charge-amy-hess
Bradley P. Shepard:
(The Prosecutor!) Assistant U.S. Attorney from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Indiana, prosecuted this case as a Special Attorney to the U.S. Attorney General
The press release is unreal. Is it typical for a press release from the DOJ to include the criminal's excuse for committing the crime?
Press release: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdin/pr/kentucky-man-sentenced-assaulting-member-congress
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, June 15, 2018
Kentucky man sentenced for assaulting a member of congress
Victim attacked while mowing his yard.
PRESS RELEASE
Indianapolis B Josh J. Minkler, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana, announced today that a Bowling Green, Kentucky, man was sentenced for assaulting a member of congress resulting in personal injury, a felony under federal law. Rene A. Boucher 60, was sentenced to 30 days imprisonment by U.S. District Judge Marianne Batanni from the Eastern District of Michigan, sitting by special designation.
“Assaulting a member of Congress is an offense we take very seriously,” said Minkler. “Those who choose to violate the law will be aggressively prosecuted in federal court.” []
According to court documents, Boucher and the victim are neighbors in Bowling Green, Kentucky. On November 3, 2017, the victim was mowing his yard while wearing headphones. Boucher allegedly witnessed the victim stack brush onto a pile near the victim’s property and “had enough.” Boucher ran onto the victim’s property and tackled the victim. As a result of this assault, the victim suffered multiple fractured ribs and subsequently contracted and required medical attention for pneumonia. Boucher admitted the assault but denied it was politically motivated.
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Indiana was assigned the case following the recusal of the United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Kentucky where the offense was committed
This case was investigated by the Louisville office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Kentucky State Police.
“The FBI takes seriously assaults against our elected officials, regardless of motive,” said Special Agent in Charge Amy S. Hess of the FBI's Louisville field office. “Today's sentence should send a clear message that there are consequences to such actions.” [What a joke!]
According to Assistant United States Attorney Bradley P. Shepard of the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Indiana who prosecuted this case as a Special Attorney to the United States Attorney General, Boucher must serve one year of supervised release following his sentence and pay a $10,000 fine.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdin/pr/kentucky-man-sentenced-assaulting-member-congress
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Sen. Rand Paul files lawsuit seeking unspecified damages from neighbor who tackled him and broke multiple ribs in dispute over yard debris
- U.S. Sen. Rand Paul filed a lawsuit against his Bowling Green, Kentucky neighbor Rene Boucher on Friday
- The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages for a November 3 assault, in which Boucher tackled Sen. Paul to the ground in a dispute over yard debris
- Boucher was sentenced to 30 days in jail and fined $10,000 earlier this month for assaulting a member of Congress
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Seeing as he is/was a doctor, an anesthesiologist IIRC I'd wager he wont be able to work in that field with a felony assault conviction.
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Boucher files conterclaim against Rand - "entitled to damages from Paul"
Boucher’s attorney, Matt Baker, filed a response and counterclaim in Warren Circuit Court on Wednesday.
The response argues that Paul has neither incurred any out-of-pocket medical expenses nor sustained lost income as a result of the incident, and would thus not be entitled to damages.
Baker also pushed back against the request for an injunction, disputing the claim in Paul’s lawsuit that Boucher’s conduct was part of a pattern of “stalking and harassment” requiring the circuit court’s intervention.
Baker pointed out that the tackle that brought on the criminal charges was an “isolated incident” and also noted in the response that the federal judge presiding over Boucher’s criminal case already ordered Boucher to have no contact with the senator.
Boucher has maintained that he tackled Paul after losing his temper upon seeing the senator stack a pile of lawn debris in a portion of his yard near the property line he shares with Boucher.
“In point of fact, there was, is and has never been any proof whatsoever of any such pattern of any such misconduct,” Baker said in the response. “Neither (Paul), nor any of (Paul’s) family members, have ever alleged a pattern of any such conduct to anyone, to include law enforcement officials or other third parties and the allegation that any such conduct exists is completely specious and without merit.”
Accompanying Boucher’s motion to dismiss is a counterclaim against Paul alleging that the senator “has historically caused to be deposited and accumulated on his property various piles, heaps and mounds of trash, debris, waste, dead trees, stumps and refuse of all types and configurations.”
Multiple instances of the senator stacking limbs and other remnants near the property line with his neighbor between September and Nov. 3 are cited in Boucher’s counterclaim.
Boucher gathered one pile of debris Oct. 10, placed it into dumpsters and had it hauled off, according to court records.
“Even though this debris was not on Dr. Boucher’s property, he viewed it as unsightly – as it was placed directly in his line of sight from his patio and the back door of his house,” Baker states in the counterclaim.
The pile was reconstructed a few days later and hauled off again by Boucher, and then reconstructed a third time that October, and Boucher discussed the situation with at least two members of the homeowner’s association, according to the complaint.
Boucher burned the pile of yard debris Nov. 2, and the senator is alleged in the counterclaim to have blown the leaves from his property onto Boucher’s yard Nov. 3, the date of the assault.
Baker said in the counterclaim that Boucher is entitled to damages from Paul on the grounds that the stacking of yard debris violated restrictions in the senator’s property deed as well as regulations in the Rivergreen homeowner’s association bylaws and protective covenants.
Baker also claims the senator’s conduct was intentional and constituted the maintenance of a private nuisance and trespass.
A motion by Baker to file a third party complaint naming Paul, his wife, Kelley Paul, and the homeowner’s association as defendants is tentatively scheduled for a hearing Monday before Warren Circuit Judge Steve Wilson.
The third party complaint would seek to also hold the homeowner’s association liable for not enforcing its bylaws against the Pauls.
https://www.bgdailynews.com/news/bo...cle_c5cb4cce-c313-5f56-a2bd-17b6cc04132a.html
Boucher’s attorney, Matt Baker, filed a response and counterclaim in Warren Circuit Court on Wednesday.
The response argues that Paul has neither incurred any out-of-pocket medical expenses nor sustained lost income as a result of the incident, and would thus not be entitled to damages.
Baker also pushed back against the request for an injunction, disputing the claim in Paul’s lawsuit that Boucher’s conduct was part of a pattern of “stalking and harassment” requiring the circuit court’s intervention.
Baker pointed out that the tackle that brought on the criminal charges was an “isolated incident” and also noted in the response that the federal judge presiding over Boucher’s criminal case already ordered Boucher to have no contact with the senator.
Boucher has maintained that he tackled Paul after losing his temper upon seeing the senator stack a pile of lawn debris in a portion of his yard near the property line he shares with Boucher.
“In point of fact, there was, is and has never been any proof whatsoever of any such pattern of any such misconduct,” Baker said in the response. “Neither (Paul), nor any of (Paul’s) family members, have ever alleged a pattern of any such conduct to anyone, to include law enforcement officials or other third parties and the allegation that any such conduct exists is completely specious and without merit.”
Accompanying Boucher’s motion to dismiss is a counterclaim against Paul alleging that the senator “has historically caused to be deposited and accumulated on his property various piles, heaps and mounds of trash, debris, waste, dead trees, stumps and refuse of all types and configurations.”
Multiple instances of the senator stacking limbs and other remnants near the property line with his neighbor between September and Nov. 3 are cited in Boucher’s counterclaim.
Boucher gathered one pile of debris Oct. 10, placed it into dumpsters and had it hauled off, according to court records.
“Even though this debris was not on Dr. Boucher’s property, he viewed it as unsightly – as it was placed directly in his line of sight from his patio and the back door of his house,” Baker states in the counterclaim.
The pile was reconstructed a few days later and hauled off again by Boucher, and then reconstructed a third time that October, and Boucher discussed the situation with at least two members of the homeowner’s association, according to the complaint.
Boucher burned the pile of yard debris Nov. 2, and the senator is alleged in the counterclaim to have blown the leaves from his property onto Boucher’s yard Nov. 3, the date of the assault.
Baker said in the counterclaim that Boucher is entitled to damages from Paul on the grounds that the stacking of yard debris violated restrictions in the senator’s property deed as well as regulations in the Rivergreen homeowner’s association bylaws and protective covenants.
Baker also claims the senator’s conduct was intentional and constituted the maintenance of a private nuisance and trespass.
A motion by Baker to file a third party complaint naming Paul, his wife, Kelley Paul, and the homeowner’s association as defendants is tentatively scheduled for a hearing Monday before Warren Circuit Judge Steve Wilson.
The third party complaint would seek to also hold the homeowner’s association liable for not enforcing its bylaws against the Pauls.
https://www.bgdailynews.com/news/bo...cle_c5cb4cce-c313-5f56-a2bd-17b6cc04132a.html
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Boucher has a picture of debris "allegedly in place after the November 2017 assault." http://www.wkyt.com/content/news/Se...ountersuit-against-him-486802781.html?ref=781
http://media.graytvinc.com/images/690*484/Paul+debris+1.JPG
(Whats wrong with this url that prevents the picture from posting?)
http://media.graytvinc.com/images/690*484/Paul+debris+1.JPG
(Whats wrong with this url that prevents the picture from posting?)
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Boucher has a picture of debris "allegedly in place after the November 2017 assault." http://www.wkyt.com/content/news/Se...ountersuit-against-him-486802781.html?ref=781
http://media.graytvinc.com/images/690*484/Paul+debris+1.JPG
(Whats wrong with this url that prevents the picture from posting?)
I'm guessing it's the asterisk in the url..
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Asterisks need to be url encoded and become %2A
http://media.graytvinc.com/images/690*484/Paul+debris+1.JPG
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