Security guard hurt trying to stop suspect in Butler County

[UtahProtectionForce]

A security guard at a Butler County department store was injured trying to apprehend a would-be thief Saturday evening.
Kristian Stephen Karschner, 25, suffered a head injury when David Homer Tack, 42, no address available, started to fight with him while trying to flee the Boscov's department store at Clearview Mall, Center, with two boxes of cookware, police said. Karschner was treated at Butler Memorial Hospital and released.

State police arrested Tack and said he was carrying two crack pipes and a syringe.

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/cityregion/s_545234.html

[bpdblue]

Using violence during a theft should get the suspect time in prison. We will have to see if he even gets convicted first.

[N. A. Corbier]

Using violence during a theft should get the suspect time in prison. We will have to see if he even gets convicted first.

Some states provide "resisting arrest" or "resisting/opposing a shopkeeper," which are acts of violence for offense classifiers. Unfortunately, 9 times out of 10, the arresting police officer doesn't know/care about the violation and does not add it to the affidavit.

[bigdog]

Some states provide "resisting arrest" or "resisting/opposing a shopkeeper," which are acts of violence for offense classifiers. Unfortunately, 9 times out of 10, the arresting police officer doesn't know/care about the violation and does not add it to the affidavit.

Its also considered robbery.

[LPGuy]

Some states provide "resisting arrest" or "resisting/opposing a shopkeeper," which are acts of violence for offense classifiers. Unfortunately, 9 times out of 10, the arresting police officer doesn't know/care about the violation and does not add it to the affidavit.

That may sometimes be the case. Othertimes, it may be that the officer knows what his local prosecutor will and will not prosecute and won't add the offense if the prosecutor won't file on it.