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ISP: PCSP officer injured, man in hospital after incident in South Haven

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Porter County Sheriff Dave Reynolds has asked the Indiana State Police to investigate an incident on Thursday which left an officer with a broken ankle and a South Haven man who reportedly struggled with that officer in critical condition.

According to the ISP, at 8:50 a.m. the officer was dispatched to the area of Brook Drive and McCool Road in South Haven in response to a report of a male subject’s “acting irrationally” and “allegedly throwing a Christmas tree and garbage into the roadway.”

On his arrival, the officer made contact with Harold W. Gielow Jr., 55, just south of U.S. Highway 6, on McCool Road near Al’s Supermarket. Gielow “immediately began to fight with the deputy,” the ISP said.

A Good Samaritan who resides in the area assisted the officer until other units from the PCSP and the Portage Police Department arrived on the scene, the ISP said.

At some point “Gielow suffered a medical emergency,” the ISP said, the nature of which the ISP did not specify.

Gielow was transported to Porter Regional Hospital, where he was reported in critical condition.

The officer, meanwhile--a five and a half year veteran of the PCSP--sustained a fractured ankle and was transported to Porter Portage Hospital Campus, the ISP said. The 45-year-old Good Samaritan was also transported there, for treatment of a hand injury.

“This is an ongoing investigation with the full cooperation of the Porter County Sheriff’s Department and Portage Police,” the ISP.

ISP investigators would like to speak to anyone who may have witnessed the incident. Contact Det. Mark Brietic or Det. Mike Bailey at (219) 696-6242.

 

 

Posted 1/9/2015

 
 

 

 

 

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