Man arrested for menacing aka pointing banana at deputies (Mugshot)
Posted by: Jon Ben-Mayor on 11/26/2014 09:23 AM
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A Fruitvale, CO, man was arrested after he pointed a banana at deputies. Nathen Channing, 27, pointed the pointy yellow fruit at a deputy while walking along the sidewalk. The deputy feared it was a weapon.
According to FOX31 Denver, in an arrest affidavit, deputy Joshua Bunch wrote that he was driving northbound over the 29 Road bridge just north of D Road in unincorporated Mesa County, which is just east of Grand Junction, when he noticed Channing walking on the sidewalk. Eventually, Bunch wrote, Channing “reached into the left side of his coat and pulled out a yellow object, pointing it into the air then in my direction as I approached him.”
“Fearing it was a weapon,” Bunch wrote that he sped off. And knowing Deputy Donald Love was traveling behind him, Bunch said he radioed his fellow deputy to warn him. As he returned to the area, Bunch wrote he witnessed Channing point the same object at Love.
“Deputy Love stated he was in fear for his life at this point and was in the process of pulling out his handgun when Nathen yelled, ‘It’s a banana!'” Bunch wrote.
When the deputies approached Channing “he stated he does a lot of ‘YouTube’ and thought it would be a ‘funny joke.'”
Channing faces the possibility of one to three years in prison and a fine of between $1,000 and $100,000.
No mention of marijuana, but it is Colorado...
According to FOX31 Denver, in an arrest affidavit, deputy Joshua Bunch wrote that he was driving northbound over the 29 Road bridge just north of D Road in unincorporated Mesa County, which is just east of Grand Junction, when he noticed Channing walking on the sidewalk. Eventually, Bunch wrote, Channing “reached into the left side of his coat and pulled out a yellow object, pointing it into the air then in my direction as I approached him.”“Fearing it was a weapon,” Bunch wrote that he sped off. And knowing Deputy Donald Love was traveling behind him, Bunch said he radioed his fellow deputy to warn him. As he returned to the area, Bunch wrote he witnessed Channing point the same object at Love.
“Deputy Love stated he was in fear for his life at this point and was in the process of pulling out his handgun when Nathen yelled, ‘It’s a banana!'” Bunch wrote.
When the deputies approached Channing “he stated he does a lot of ‘YouTube’ and thought it would be a ‘funny joke.'”
Channing faces the possibility of one to three years in prison and a fine of between $1,000 and $100,000.
No mention of marijuana, but it is Colorado...
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