HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-19-18 Public Comment - J. Wagner - Police Response to Incident FOLLOW-UPFrom:Wagner, Jake
To:"jojofisher069@gmail.com"
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"wbermes@dailychronicle.com"; Springer, Dan
Date:Thursday, April 19, 2018 10:23:05 AM
Joanna,
Good morning.
Your e-mail was forwarded to my attention because the incident you are referring to occurred within
Gallatin County and was investigated by the Gallatin County Sheriff’s Office. There is very little that I
can discuss with you because your son in an adult (19 yoa at the time of the incident). With that
said, I can assure you that the fact pattern of the investigation was substantially different than the
information contained within your e-mail.
Thank you.
Captain Jake Wagner
Patrol - Gallatin County Sheriff’s Office
406.582.2084
Good afternoon,
The reason for my email is because just a week ago my oldest son had a shotgun that wascalked and loaded pointed at him. I am by no means reporting a crime however I am writing to
you in hopes to get a better understanding on why no charges were filed against the party thatdid the crime. I had recently talked to a officer in Bozeman and was told that because my son
was not in a domestic relationship or related to the person that there will be no charges filled.So your telling me that if they were related or in a relationship she would be charged with a
partner or family member assault. What is the difference? A gun is a gun and has nospeculation on if they are related or not. They were roommates and regardless she should have
been charged with assault with a deadly weapon. She was only told not too do it again. Nowwith everything that has come with guns and all the Innocent loosing their lives behind guns
why is it OK for this to go unnoticed. There is allot of what ifs in my head and I and my childare relived that nothing did happen. What I have a problem with is the fact that no charges
were filled and this person still has the weapon and got away with it. So what happens if shereally pulls the trigger on someone else? The real question will be why didn't we do something
about it when it happened the first time. This is not close to what has happened in our schoolsbut it is a very good example of what did take place. The FBI and local pd knew about the
individuals and did nothing to prevent it from happening. Not saying that the person will goafter someone else just stating that this person should be charged with a felony of assault with
a deadly weapon. To me this person knows she can get away with it and will do it again justbecause of that. Is that the way our world is cause if so things need to be changed and laws
need to be rewritten. SOMETHING HAS GOT TO BE DONE ON THIS MATTER. I WILLKEEP PUSHING THIS UNTIL SOMETHING IS DONE. I COULD HAVE LOST MY SON
BEHIND STUPIDITY AND IT WILL NOT GO UNNOTICED! WHAT IF IT WAS YOURCHILD THAT THIS HAPPENED TO WOULD YOU IGNORE IT BECAUSE I MYSELF
CAN NOT. Thank you for your time and hopefully this will get handled in the way it should
have been in the beginning