Fairborn Municipal Court Judge Beth Root has just decided that there is in fact probable cause to prosecute Ronald T. Ritchie for lying to a 9-1-1 dispatcher about John Crawford, in August of 2014.
Shortly after Ritchie’s call from the Beavercreek, Ohio Walmart on Pentagon Avenue, John Crawford III was gunned down by Officer Sean Williams who entered the store armed with an AR-15 assault rifle and ready for nothing short of war, based on Ritchies lies.
Crawford was shot by police in an aisle of the Beavercreek Walmart on August 5, 2014. He was legally holding a BB gun that he picked up off the shelf of the Walmart at the time.
Local WDTN News reports the following:
Nine citizens filled out affidavits — that were delivered to the court on March 25. Judge Root found in those affidavits that probable cause does exist to prosecute Ritchie for the accusation of making false alarms — a first degree misdemeanor.
Affidavits questioned on whether or not there was enough to prosecute him on charges related to inducing violence, inducing panic, involuntary manslaughter and reckless homicide — all of which were dismissed as not having enough probable cause.
The call from Ritchie came into Beavercreek’s 9-1-1 dispatch center.
“…there is a man walking around in the store with a gun waving and pointing at people.” The dispatcher asked, “What does he look like?” To which the caller answers, “Black male about 6 feet tall…”
Ronald Ritchie was inside the Beavercreek Walmart. He made this call to 911 after seeing Crawford.
Watch the local report below…
No matter what your position on the shooting of John Crawford last August in the Beavercreek, Ohio Walmart, nearly everyone agrees that the guy who called 911 should be arrested and prosecuted. Ronald Tyler Ritchie’s false information, given during that emergency call – by all estimations – led to the death of not only John Crawford, but also another shopper who died of a heart attack after Officer Sean Williams opened fire in the store.
“He was the catalyst, if you will, in the whole sequence of events leading up to my son’s death,” John Crawford Jr, the father of the victim, told the Guardian UK. “It was a crank call. He excited the call, and exaggerated the call, and frankly it was just a bunch of lies.”
Michael Wright, the attorney for the Crawford family, added that Ritchie “should be questioned on why the footage and what he said does not match. He’s basically lying with the dispatchers, he’s making up the story. So should he be prosecuted? Yes, I believe so.”
To be sure, Ritchie was questioned, but in a very uncritical, non-aggressive manner. Watch the footage from an account that describes itself as “about the Beavercreek, Ohio Police. This account is not operated or endorsed by the Beavercreek, Ohio Police.”
“If you’re dumb enough to point any kind of weapon at a police officer then you get what’s coming to you,” Ritchie says.
“I’d have done the same thing.”
Responding to news about the woman, Angela Williams, who died while fleeing the officer who had opened fire, Ritchie comments, “it’s probably the most tragic [thing] of the situation. The other guy kind of deserved it.”
But Ritchie acknowledged to the detective that nothing he said on the phone was true. Crawford never shouldered the replica weapon.
“I wouldn’t say like it was a two hand carry. It was a one hand carry.”
Up, or down to his side? “Down”
“At one point there’s a family that goes across with two young children. I’d say probably 5 years old and he muzzle checked both of them.”
That means that at some point, Ritchie is claiming a family walked in line with the barrel of the fake gun, even though he acknowledges Crawford never shouldered and aimed it at them.
Ritchie and his wife April didn’t seem particularly concerned for their own safety either. “We actually moved up closer to him which I know is kind of retarded.”
In the YouTube description of the video, the Beavercreek Police page says: “Ritchie backtracks and says ‘he didn’t look as if he was pointing it at him. It just kind of… [gestures] where he was swinging it around and flashing the muzzle toward the children. But I know accidental discharge can go…'”
The YouTube page notes that “Upon viewing what actually happened in the security video, Ritchie realizes the suspect may not have pointed his weapon at the officers.”
Ritchie backtracks on his 911 call claims, saying: “It just looked like, at the time, that he pulled the rifle to them and they shot him twice.”
26:24 Ritchie continues to modify his story upon seeing the video evidence. He no longer seems so certain that the suspect pointed the gun at officers. “But as soon as he [an officer] said ‘Put it down. Put it down’ he [the suspect] looked over and just, I guess, how he looked at the officer with the gun [Ritchie shrugs].”
The security video shows that despite turning his head toward the yelling officers, the rest of the suspect’s body remained facing a shelf. The autopsy shows that the officer fired at the suspect’s side.
Ritchie even acknowledges this, saying that he knows the suspect’s elbow has been blown out and that his liver was shot because he was eavesdropping on the investigation. He laughs about this, thinking that it’s pretty hilarious.
The general public did not learn about these details for over a month.
April Ritchie’s Facebook account posted a comment about the shooting, saying “They told him to put the gun down. He pointed at them and they shot him”. This becomes the narrative used by the media for months, until the actual security video becomes available. By that time the narrative had taken root in the public consciousness, even though it is nothing like what can be seen on the surveillance video.
(Article by M. David)
#1: misterwhite To: Deckard (#0)
misterwhite posted on 2016-04-06 18:30:51 Reply Private Reply
#2: Roscoe To: misterwhite (#1)
Roscoe posted on 2016-04-06 18:38:58 Reply Private Reply
#3: GrandIsland To: Deckard (#0)
More drama than a reality show for the dyfunctionally stupid.
GrandIsland posted on 2016-04-06 19:01:35 Reply Private Reply
#4: Deckard To: misterwhite, Roscoe, GrandIsland (#1)
It was sold at the WalMart and was obviously going to be purchased by Crawford.
Some cop-sucking sissy boy didn't like seeing a black man carrying it in the store so he lied his ass off and made up a bullshit story about the guy waving it around and threatening people - all of which were proved to be lies by the surveillance video.
His actions along with the police over-reaction are what led to the murder of John Crawford.
Let me guess - you never even read the article.
All the facts are there and yet you still don't fucking get it.
All three of you copsucking assholes.
Deckard posted on 2016-04-06 20:14:47 Reply Private Reply
#5: Deckard To: GrandIsland (#3)
Deckard posted on 2016-04-06 20:16:25 Reply Private Reply
#6: Roscoe To: Deckard (#4)
Creepy
Roscoe posted on 2016-04-06 20:19:37 Reply Private Reply
#7: GrandIsland To: Deckard (#5)
More drama.... by the career criminals.
lol
GrandIsland posted on 2016-04-06 22:10:57 Reply Private Reply
#8: GrandIsland To: Deckard (#4)
Btw, you have a filthy mouth.... criminals and drug addicts talk like you.
GrandIsland posted on 2016-04-06 22:13:43 Reply Private Reply
#9: misterwhite To: Roscoe (#2)
Ahhhh. You'd shoot your eye out.
misterwhite posted on 2016-04-07 08:54:10 Reply Private Reply
#10: misterwhite To: Deckard (#4)
Obviously. And after graduation he was going to college to become a nuclear physicist. Obviously.
misterwhite posted on 2016-04-07 09:01:01 Reply Private Reply
#11: Deckard To: misterwhite (#10)
The point is - he was not aiming the gun at anyone.
Sissy-boy cop worshiper Richie made up the entire story.
Oh, BTW - who the fuck are you to judge anyone you cop-fellating POS?
Deckard posted on 2016-04-07 10:57:00 Reply Private Reply
#12: A K A Stone To: Deckard (#0)
I ctually went before this judge before. When the bitch was a magistrate. Can't stand her. But she got this one right.
A K A Stone posted on 2016-04-07 10:59:36 Reply Private Reply
#13: A K A Stone To: misterwhite (#1)
The gun was sold at walmrat. He never pointed it anyoneone as the asshole who lied and said he did.
It is kind of sick that you think he should have been killed for shopping. Other people in the store walked right by him.
You're not right in the head.
A K A Stone posted on 2016-04-07 11:01:14 Reply Private Reply
#14: A K A Stone To: Deckard (#0)
A K A Stone posted on 2016-04-07 11:03:24 Reply Private Reply
#15: Deckard To: A K A Stone (#14)
At the very least as an accessory to murder.
Deckard posted on 2016-04-07 11:11:49 Reply Private Reply
#16: misterwhite To: A K A Stone (#13)
Is that why he was killed? For shopping? Then why weren't the other shoppers killed?
misterwhite posted on 2016-04-07 12:38:15 Reply Private Reply
#17: A K A Stone To: misterwhite (#16)
Yes. Watch the video. Show me where he threatened anyone.
You just hate black people. It's people like you that make some blacks not like white people. Some of them think we all have your ignorant attitudes.
A K A Stone posted on 2016-04-07 12:39:43 Reply Private Reply
#18: misterwhite To: A K A Stone (#17)
The caller thought he was waving an AR-15 rifle around, posing a threat to others. That's why he called 911.
"You just hate black people."
Nah. I hate everyone. This ignorant asshole who refused the law enforcement order to drop the weapon just happened to be black.
misterwhite posted on 2016-04-07 13:22:00 Reply Private Reply
#19: A K A Stone To: misterwhite (#18)
No he didn't He lied and made it. up.
I think you have a meth lab in you house.
I hope the cops don't come and kill you , your dog and your family.
A K A Stone posted on 2016-04-07 15:35:15 Reply Private Reply
#20: misterwhite To: A K A Stone (#19)
Me, too.
misterwhite posted on 2016-04-07 16:11:33 Reply Private Reply
#21: GrandIsland To: misterwhite (#16)
Very good question. lol
GrandIsland posted on 2016-04-07 17:28:59 Reply Private Reply
#22: Deckard To: misterwhite (#18)
The caller made up a complete line of bullshit.
Richie admitted that ...nothing he said on the phone was true. Crawford never shouldered the replica weapon.
The surveillance video showed that he lied.
You're a real piece of work paulsen.
This ignorant asshole who refused the law enforcement order to drop the weapon...
Still pushing the official narrative asswipe?
What a good little copsucker you are.
Deckard posted on 2016-04-07 17:45:14 Reply Private Reply
#23: misterwhite To: Deckard (#22)
Did Richie say Crawford shouldered what he thought was an AR-15?
misterwhite posted on 2016-04-07 18:27:39 Reply Private Reply
#24: Deckard To: A K A Stone (#19)
See, paulsen just doesn't get it.
He doesn't even grasp the concept that someone can lie about him and he could end up being murdered by cops just like John Crawford.
misterwhite mistakenly believes that because he is not black, those kinds of things won't happen to him.
I wouldn't shed any tears if paulsen was killed in a SWAT raid.
Same goes for Roscoe.
Deckard posted on 2016-04-07 19:24:25 Reply Private Reply
#25: Deckard To: misterwhite (#23)
The asshole lied - what part of that is so fucking hard for you to comprehend?
Deckard posted on 2016-04-07 19:26:04 Reply Private Reply
#26: ConservingFreedom To: A K A Stone (#19)
We've all heard of "suicide by cop" - this caller committed murder by cop.
ConservingFreedom posted on 2016-04-08 10:20:28 Reply Private Reply
#27: A K A Stone To: ConservingFreedom (#26)
I'm in agreement with you on this one.
A K A Stone posted on 2016-04-08 10:21:29 Reply Private Reply
#28: misterwhite To: Deckard (#25)
He never said Crawford shouldered the replica weapon. How can he lie about something he never said?
misterwhite posted on 2016-04-08 10:38:23 Reply Private Reply
#29: A K A Stone To: misterwhite (#28)
He said he was pointing it at people. He wasn't.
A K A Stone posted on 2016-04-08 10:41:39 Reply Private Reply
#30: Deckard To: misterwhite (#28)
The call from Ritchie came into Beavercreek’s 9-1-1 dispatch center.
“…there is a man walking around in the store with a gun waving and pointing at people.” The dispatcher asked, “What does he look like?” To which the caller answers, “Black male about 6 feet tall…”
But Ritchie acknowledged to the detective that nothing he said on the phone was true. Crawford never shouldered the replica weapon.
Good grief, how can you be so dehydrated-rock-hard stupid?
If you aren't an idiot, you made a world-class effort at simulating one.
You are a waste of flesh. You have no rhythm. You are ridiculous and obnoxious. You are the moral equivalent of a leech. You are a living emptiness, a meaningless void. You are sour and senile. You are a disease, you puerile one-handed slack-jawed drooling meatslapper.
Deckard posted on 2016-04-08 10:45:40 Reply Private Reply
#31: misterwhite To: ConservingFreedom (#26)
I call it Suicide by Stupidity. Darwinism. Cleaning out the gene pool.
Who, in this day and age, walks around a store waving an AR-15? Big mistake #1.
Fatal mistake #2: Not dropping the weapon when ordered to.
Yet you want to blame the caller (an ex-Marine whose only motive was to save lives) and the cop (who followed procedure). And you want these two charged with murder? Idiot.
Of course, after the next mass shooting you'll be asking why no one called 911 and why the cops didn't shoot the maniac. But then again, you're a hypocrite, so that's expected.
misterwhite posted on 2016-04-08 10:53:08 Reply Private Reply
#32: misterwhite To: Deckard (#30)
No he didn't. I watched the entire video of the interview by the detective. At no time does Ritchie say that.
But you say he did? Then I must have missed it. Give me the time stamp on the video where Ritchie "acknowledges to the detective that nothing he said on the phone was true."
You can't. Because you're a liar. You're smearing the name of an ex-Marine to cover for some ignorant asshole who deserved to die for being stupid.
You disgust me.
misterwhite posted on 2016-04-08 10:59:43 Reply Private Reply
#33: ConservingFreedom To: misterwhite (#31)
He recanted most if not all of his story when questioned - did you read his statements in the article?
I didn't say a word about the cop except that he was the caller's weapon.
I didn't say that either - beat those straw men.
Hey, Karnak, ping me when it happens and see what I say.
ConservingFreedom posted on 2016-04-08 11:03:07 Reply Private Reply
#34: Deckard To: misterwhite, A K A Stone, ConservingFreedom (#32)
He was never given a chance to comply.
The store surveillance video that was released showed Crawford standing in the aisle by himself carrying the toy gun. When police arrived, he was immediately shot, contradicting claims that they had given Crawford orders to drop the gun.
You're smearing the name of an ex-Marine...
If this guy is an ex-Marine, he is probably one of the most dishonorable Marines to ever have worn the uniform.
It displays your lack of character in defending him.
...to cover for some ignorant asshole who deserved to die for being stupid.
He died because the "ex-Marine" is a lying coward and the cops murdered him.
Deckard posted on 2016-04-08 11:07:23 Reply Private Reply
#35: misterwhite To: A K A Stone (#29)
He clarified that by saying the rifle Crawford was holding was pointed at people when he was swinging it around. He added that, had the rifle discharged, someone would have been shot.
If you were at a firing range and someone was walking around, swinging a loaded AR-15 such that the muzzle was pointed at you, you'd go apeshit. And rightfully so.
misterwhite posted on 2016-04-08 11:07:30 Reply Private Reply
#36: misterwhite To: ConservingFreedom (#33)
I watched the video because I don't trust anything coutercurrentnews.com prints. He didn't recant shit. He stated what he saw. He clarified certain parts. For example, instead of "Crawford pointed the rifle" he said "the rifle Crawford was holding was pointed".
How many eyewitnesses to a criminal event as it's unfolding are 100% correct on what they think they saw? Doesn't make them liars.
misterwhite posted on 2016-04-08 11:15:31 Reply Private Reply
#37: misterwhite To: Deckard (#34)
He was told twice to drop the gun. He didn't.
misterwhite posted on 2016-04-08 11:19:17 Reply Private Reply
#38: Deckard To: misterwhite (#36)
Everything he said during the call was a LIE.
He "recanted" his lies.
Wonder why you aren't blasting this asshole for lying to the 911 operator which in turn allowed Howard to be murdered by cops.
I guess it's the same to you when cops using a lying CI which results in an erroneous SWAT raid.
You sicken me.
Deckard posted on 2016-04-08 11:30:51 Reply Private Reply
#39: misterwhite To: Deckard (#38)
Point out on the video where he "recanted" his "lie".
You can't. Because YOU lie.
misterwhite posted on 2016-04-08 12:05:57 Reply Private Reply
#40: Deckard To: misterwhite, A K A Stone, ConservingFreedom (#39)
911 call, surveillance video together
8:25:40 - Dispatcher : "What's your name again sir?"
Ritchie : "my name is Ronald Ritchie...he just pointed it at two children."
He is lying - look at the video, Crawford does NOT point the gun at anyone. In fact he makes no movements towards the mother and kids whatsoever.
He never raised the weapon, or pointed it at anyone - INCLUDING the cops.
This was a cold blooded murder aided and abetted by a phone call by a lying coward.
You say he's not lying?
Then why did an Ohio judge find probable cause this week to charge the man whose 911 call led to police officers storming a Walmart and fatally shooting 22-year-old John Crawford III.
911 Caller Faces Charges For Giving Cops Bad Info Before Fatal Police Shooting (John Crawford III was holding a toy gun when police killed him. The caller said he was pointing a rifle at children.)
Ritchie faces a potential charge of making false alarms for reporting threatening behavior that appears to have been misleading to police. The first-degree misdemeanor carries a maximum of six months in jail and a $1,000 fine. It is now up to prosecutors to decide whether to officially indict Ritchie.
Surveillance video from an Ohio Walmart shows that a man fatally shot by police earlier this month had his back to officers and was talking on a cell phone, an attorney for the man’s family says.
I'm done with you here asshole.
Oh one more thing - if this guy (Ritchie) was an ex-Marine one would think he would assess the situation better before lying his ass off to the 911 dispatcher.
Oh, and the cops were cowards for shooting Crawford in the back while he was on the phone and posed no threat to anyone.
Deckard posted on 2016-04-08 18:39:35 Reply Private Reply
#41: A K A Stone To: misterwhite (#35)
It was store merchandise dumb ass.
Do you think he would carry the gun under his clothes to bring it in the store.
The greeter would have seen him.
You're not an honest person.
A K A Stone posted on 2016-04-08 19:25:40 Reply Private Reply
#42: misterwhite To: A K A Stone (#41)
How could they have possibly known that at the time? Not like it was in the box.
"The greeter would have seen him."
Ever been to Walmart? The greeters at Walmart are lucky they can see at all. You claim the AR-15 look-alike was "store merchandise dumb ass". Then perhaps the greeter thought he was returning store merchandise dumb ass.
misterwhite posted on 2016-04-09 09:47:38 Reply Private Reply