A private investigator from Michigan was arrested on weapons charges Tuesday while conducting surveillance in the area Brown Avenue and Linden Street.
Samuel J. Gyles, 44, of Mason, Mich., was lodged in the Logan County Jail on charged of carrying a concealed handgun and improper handling of a firearm in a motor vehicle.
An officer of the Bellefontaine Police Department responded at 10:35 a.m. regarding a suspicious vehicle complaint. He found a black pickup truck with North Carolina license plates and dark tinted windows that had been parked for about three hours.
Gyles was inside the pickup asleep and the officer tapped on the window to wake him. The defendant rolled down the window and provided a Michigan driver’s license and laminated Ohio private investigator registration card.
The officer noted a loaded .40-caliber handgun on the passenger seat. When Gyles told the officer he did not have a concealed handgun permit, he was ordered out the pickup.
The officer had unholstered his service pistol and kept at his side until Gyles moved his right hand to his back while getting out of the pickup. The officer brought his pistol up to a firing position and warned Gyles to keep his hands visible. He complied and was taken into custody.
An incident report noted Gyles is properly registered as a private investigator with the Ohio Department of Public Safety but he is not permitted to carry a weapon.
Disorderly patient jailed
Jared S. Robbins, 38, of Columbus, was lodged in jail for disorderly conduct after he failed to comply with emergency department staff at Mary Rutan Hospital on Monday.
Robbins had been brought to the hospital around 8:40 a.m. by officers after they assisted him while in a state of drug-induced paranoia. He would not follow orders to stay in his room and attempted to run out of the hospital prior to his arrest.