“The arrests and recovery occurred after detectives were notified April 2 that someone had broken into a home and used a torch to break into safes containing 76 guns, swords, coin and stamp collections, a Hot Wheels collection, knives and ivory.”
“Pedersen’s wife, Leslie, was found dead in the home three days later with obvious injuries. Her hands were duct-taped together, a pillow covered her face and a sword lay nearby.”
“Early in the chase, police noticed that Maxwell had drawn a thin-bladed sword, about 2 feet long with a black hilt, police said yesterday. They later found the scabbard stashed in a barrel in a yard. At first they thought the blade was a sawed-off shotgun, and they yelled for him to drop the gun.”
“Fremon Seay then reportedly dressed the girl in padding and a helmet and took her into the front yard “and proceeded to fight with her with a wooden sword,” deputies wrote in the statement. The attack lasted about two hours; until the girl “collapsed.””
“”That dog would not even feel that I was hitting him,” Ramirez said. After several blows with the machete, Ramirez said, he went inside his house, got a Samurai sword and stabbed the 90-pound pit bull in the stomach.”
“She told police she was on her way to the bathroom about 8 a.m. when she was confronted in a hallway by her assailant, who was wearing black jeans and a black trenchcoat.
Police Capt. Dan Hansen said the man told her he was sorry and began slashing with the sword and swinging the hammer. The hammer was found in the house and a 15-inch sword was found on the street in front.”
“Security concerns were raised when police found two people in camouflage clothing with a gun, sword and walkie-talkies who said they were doing reconnaissance. Kari Koch, an Occupy spokeswoman, said the two people taken into custody were not part of the demonstration.”
“Then, armed with a sword, he followed her to her car and used the weapon to smash the rear window as she drove off, Olsen said.