Sheriff's deputy on ventilator, had surgeries after being shot four times (very bad guy with a gun!)

[Omaha Steve]

Deuel County Deputy Michael Hutchinson is described as the kind of lawman "you would want." He was in serious condition Friday following a surgery.

http://www.omaha.com/news/nebraska/sheriff-s-deputy-on-ventilator-had-surgeries-after-being-shot/article_2296eaa4-9ae0-11e5-a11a-931c2f387d20.html


POSTED: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2015 4:00 PM | UPDATED: 2:43 PM, SUN DEC 6, 2015.
By David Hendee and Andrew J. Nelson / World-Herald staff writers

Neil Stretesky came out the front door shooting when four western Nebraska law enforcement officers pulled up to his house on a dead-end street in Big Springs with arrest warrants.

Deuel County Deputy Michael Hutchinson, who never fired his gun, was shot four times, suffering a serious abdomen wound, according to an account provided by Deuel County Attorney Joel Jay. Moments later, 66-year-old Stretesky — who was out of jail on an attempted first-degree murder charge in Colorado — lay mortally wounded, shot by Sheriff Scott DeCoste.

Stretesky’s record and reputation were widely known and the reason why four lawmen teamed up to serve the warrants Thursday, Jay said. Stretesky was charged with attempted murder after beating his 90-year-old father with a hammer in an incident during which he threatened a Colorado sheriff with a rifle last year.

“We knew he was a concern,’’ Jay said of Stretesky. “That’s why they had four officers there. He had problems.’’

FULL story at link.

[Eleanors38]

1. Hope he makes it through.

[Wilms]

2. Here's what gets me.

Stretesky — who was out of jail on an attempted first-degree murder charge in Colorado...

Stretesky’s record and reputation were widely known and the reason why four lawmen teamed up to serve the warrants Thursday, Jay said. Stretesky was charged with attempted murder after beating his 90-year-old father with a hammer in an incident during which he threatened a Colorado sheriff with a rifle last year.

Why would a guy like that be out on bail?

[frogmarch]

5. He used a rifle to threaten to kill 4 people

who tried to help his father. Yes, unbelievable Stretesky was out of jail after all that!

[Wilms]

6. Here's a sad tale...

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Stretesky was able to get out of jail twice after the hammer incident with his father, both times after his bail was reduced in Logan County, Colorado.

Initially Stretesky’s bail was set at $1 million. But a month later, Judge Charles Hobbs lowered Stretesky’s bail to $15,000 cash, according to the Julesburg Advocate.

About six months later — in May of this year — Stretesky was involved in a minor vehicle accident, in which alcohol was involved, in Ogallala. The judge in Colorado sent him back to jail, after he determined that Stretesky had violated the terms of his release. His new bail was set at $500,000.

Five months later, Stretesky once again asked for his bail to be reduced. Hobbs agreed and lowered it to $30,000 cash, with strict orders that Stretesky wear an ankle bracelet to monitor his location and alcohol consumption and that he be restricted to his home, only to be allowed out one hour a day to shop for groceries or see a doctor, according to the Julesburg Advocate.

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http://www.omaha.com/news/nebraska/man-killed-deputy-seriously-injured-while-serving-warrants-in-western/article_c37da5ea-e0b9-584a-9676-3c520b97ed5f.html

[Triana]

3. I hope Deputy Hutchinson makes it.

We need more like him. Can't afford to lose one.

[alittlelark]

4. The article makes it sound like 'legal ownership' by a LOON

.......gotta make psychological testing a PRIORITY.

These kinds of shootings make my gut wrench up.