Monday, February 27, 2006

Mansfield, Ohio

From the Mansfield News-Journal of February 27, 2006
COURT DISMISSES SHELBY DOCTOR FIREARM CASE

The criminal case against a Shelby doctor accused of firing a handgun at two people was dismissed this morning.

Omar F. Guimaraes, 46, of 2107 Rock Road, had been charged with aggravated assault with a firearm specification for an incident Sept. 19, 2004.

Richland County Assistant Prosecutor John Baker asked Common Pleas Judge James Henson to dismiss the charge because of inconsistent witness statements.

Jesse Bishop of 371 Pinehurst Drive reportedly was meeting Ryan S. Maurer of Shelby to go to a friend’s house and backed into Guimaraes’ driveway to wait.

The Guimaraes family had been having problems with vandalism and harassing phone calls. Guimaraes and his wife were outside to get the license plate of possible vandals when the shooting occurred.

Guimaraes fired several shots at the vehicle but said he did so in self-defense because he feared the driver was trying to run down him and his wife.

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