In a Columbiana County courthouse hallway, the moment a sentence was handed down became the moment a young man chose to run — and in doing so, transformed a legal proceeding into a scene of violence. Timothy Reaggle, twenty years old, slipped free of his restraints and struck two deputies, leaving both with broken bones before a Taser ended his flight toward the door. The incident is a reminder that the spaces where justice is administered are also spaces where human volatility meets institutional order, and that the people who maintain that order carry the cost when it breaks.
Ohio inmate breaks free from handcuffs, attacks deputies in courthouse escape attempt
Two deputies sustained broken bones and head injuries during the escape attempt; one required hospitalization.