GOODY TWO SHOES: Anger Management Counselor Pulls Gun On Federal Marshals For Blocking His Car

Fairfax County, VA, domestic violence and anger management counselor Jose L. Avila, 57, was arrested and is being held in federal custody for (allegedly) pulling a gun on two federal marshals for blocking his car, reports The Washington Post:

 

In a court affidavit, Deputy Marshal Floriano Whitwell said he and another marshal, Matthew M. Dumas, had been conducting a fugitive investigation and parked their sport-utility vehicles in designated parking places on Americana Drive.

 

Dumas got out of his vehicle and was standing at the window of Whitwell's vehicle when a white Jeep Cherokee drove up and the driver honked his horn, Whitwell wrote. Dumas, with a marshals service "badge clearly visible hanging from his neck," motioned for the Cherokee to continue past. …

 

The driver appeared to be motioning to Dumas, so the marshal moved closer. Then, Whitwell wrote, Dumas "noticed that Avila was aiming a gun at him. …

 

The marshals identified themselves and tried to arrest Avila, but he was "uncooperative" and "continued to resist arrest … [so] they used "U.S. Marshals Service defensive tactics to eventually apprehend Avila," Whitwell said.

 

Found on Avila's seat, Whitwell alleges, was a 9mm Astra A-90 pistol loaded with 14 hollow-point bullets. Once out of his vehicle, Avila reportedly apologized profusely and said he had "never done anything like this before," the affidavit said.

 

Avila’s attorney is claiming that his client had pointed a cell phone at the marshals.

Posted by The Stiletto at February 12, 2010
Categories: Goody Two Shoes
 

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