Standoff Follow-Up
June 9, 2008 
Officers, after 11 hours of a standoff that started at 5 a.m., funneled tear gas into David Spence’s home and stormed it, trying, as an AP article puts it, to “keep him from hurting himself.” He died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Spence was wanted for aggravated stalking charges.
Police Standoff On Reynolds Road
June 9, 2008 
From Fox 5:
Douglasville Man Fires Gun, Barricades Himself in Home
DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ga. (MyFOX Atlanta) — Authorities are negotiating with an armed man who sequestered himself in a Douglas County home after officers tried to serve a warrant.
A spokesman for the U.S. Marshall’s office in Atlanta, James Ergas, said officers have been negotiating with 56-year-old David Spence since about 5 a.m. Monday when he fired at authorities trying to arrest him on aggravated stalking charges. No one was injured by the gunfire.
Douglas County Chief Deputy Stan Copeland said Spence allowed his girlfriend to leave the house after officers arrived. Her name has not been released.
Authorities say the warrant is related to an incident in Paulding County. Copeland said Spence has a long history of violent crimes.
Animal Shelter Open
June 9, 2008 
The Douglas County Animal Shelter reopened on Friday. The shelter had been quarintined for over two weeks as a result of distemper. The shelter says 67 dogs were euthanized. I would think that whomever took dogs home BEFORE the shelter discovered the distemper, however, might have also had to put their dogs to sleep, as a few people commented they had to do. So actually, at least 70 dogs died as a result of the distemper outbreak.
I thought about something, too–when the Humane Society was running the shelter, was there ever a distemper outbreak?
Hurricane Katrina Article
I found this on a New Orleans blog and found it an interesting read. I don’t normally post anything other than news about Douglas County on this blog, but sometimes I find articles worth sharing–and this one is definitely worth sharing. It’s excerpted from a book about Hurricane Katrina.
To read it, click here: http://www.salon.com/books/excerpt/2008/06/06/rove_katrina/
All comments are welcome.
