[Vision2020] Loud Car Stereo Sets Off Incident

[Darrell Keim]

I happened to be walking by there when this was going down.  They aren't
kidding when they say police swarmed the area!


On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 1:26 PM, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:

> Courtesy of the Lewiston Tribune.
>
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> Loud car stereo sets off incident that ends on sour note
> By Brad W. Gary of the Tribune
>
> Police say one suspect pulled gun, three arrested at Lewiston's Justice
> Apartments
>
> It's a situation that may give pause to those who complain about the
> volume of their neighbor's music.
>
> Lewiston police said Courtney Taylor confronted her neighbor Tuesday
> morning when he reportedly pulled up to the Justice Apartments with his
> car stereo blaring above a certain decibel level. A few minutes later,
> police said the 21-year-old woman had a gun pointed in her direction.
>
> No one was injured, and the woman accused of brandishing the .380 caliber
> semiautomatic pistol was arrested on a pending charge of felony aggravated
> assault when Lewiston police and Nez Perce County sheriff's deputies
> arrived a short time later.
>
> "If you have a problem with people playing loud music sometimes, be
> careful how you approach them," Lewiston police Sgt. Ted Piche said, "and
> don't hesitate to call law enforcement."
>
> Tuesday's incident began at about 8:45 a.m., when police said 27-year old
> Tony Haskel pulled up to the apartments on the 200 block of New Sixth
> Street and was confronted by Taylor over the volume of his stereo. Police
> believe Haskel then went into an apartment and told his girlfriend about
> the discussion, when she emerged from the building and allegedly pointed
> the firearm toward Taylor.
>
> The girlfriend, identified by police as 27-year-old Miranda Robinson, was
> arrested a short time later after other residents of the building dialed
> 911.
>
> Multiple police cars and officers swarmed the area, across the street from
> the Community Action Partnership food bank, because of what Piche called
> the volatile nature of the call.
>
> "We were on scene within a minute and a half of the call, it unfolded
> pretty quickly," Piche said.
>
> Detectives recovered the firearm and ammunition following the dispute.
> Robinson was being held in the Nez Perce County Jail without bond Tuesday
> night. Haskel and Taylor were also arrested on warrants unrelated to the
> dispute Tuesday, police said, though Haskel was no longer in custody later
> in the day.
>
> Police could not immediately identify the music that was playing on
> Haskel's stereo.
>
> Anyone with any information on the incident is asked to call the police
> department at (208) 746-0171.
>
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> I only got one thing to say, Moscow . . .
>
> "Rock 'n Roll Ain't Noise Pollution"
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nF0F7BBWokY
>
> Seeya round town, Moscow.
>
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>
> "The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change
> and the Realist adjusts his sails."
>
> - Unknown
>
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