By Kalin Krohe, Panhandle Post
The Chadron Police Department responded to multiple felony incidents on April 8.
At approximately 10:22 p.m. Chadron police officers were dispatched to the 100 block of West Second Street to investigate an assault that happened inside a bar.
Officers contacted 25 year-old Taure Lame about the reported assault.
"Lame provided the officers with a statement of what happened and then became argumentative with the officers," Chadron Police Lt. Richard Hickstein said. "Lame escalated from arguing with the officers to assaulting an officer...and struck an officer with a kick. The officers on scene attempted to control Lame, but she continued to resist arrest. She kicked and bit a second officer. Officers deployed a taser to cease Lame’s assaultive behavior and the officers gained control and placed her into custody."
The Chadron Volunteer Fire Department rescue unit was called to the scene and evaluated Lame for injuries.
Lame was transported to the Dawes County Jail for Assault on a Peace Officer in the Third Degree (Class IIIA Felony) and Resisting Arrest (Class I Misdemeanor). Bond was set at 10% of $25,000.
At approximately 11:30 p.m. officers were called to the parking lot of the High Rise Residence Hall at Chadron State College to investigate an alleged terroristic threat.
Officers contacted two female students who said they had been followed in their vehicle by another vehicle from the Chadron State Park area into the Chadron city limits.
As they were being followed by the vehicle, the students contacted two male friends; one of whom was a residence hall advisor, needing help as they returned to campus. All the students met in a parking lot at Chadron State College.
"The male students then attempted to contact the driver of the suspect vehicle to find out what was going on," Hickstein said. "When the male students contacted the male driver of the suspect vehicle, the driver reportedly brandished a sawed-off shotgun at one of the male students. The male students walked away from the situation, contacted the Chadron Police Department and reported the male driver had fled the scene traveling east on Tenth Street."
Chadron police interviewed the witnesses and victims involved in the case and worked with Chadron State College Security to secure video images of the driver and his vehicle.
Based on the description of the suspect's vehicle, Chadron police officers were able to locate the vehicle and driver in the 200 block of Shelton Street.
Chadron police detained the man and applied for a search warrant to search a residence and several vehicles located on the property for firearms.
Officers located a short shotgun in violation of Nebraska State Statutes, along with ammunition for the shotgun and two pellet guns.
Chadron police arrested 25 year-old Dean W. Hawley of Crawford.
Hawley was transported to the Dawes County Jail for Terroristic Threats (Class IIIA Felony), Use of a Deadly Weapon to Commit a Felony (Class IC Felony), Possession of a Deadly Weapon to Commit a Felony (Class II Felony) and Possession of a Deadly Weapon by a Prohibited Person (Class ID Felony).
Hawley's bond was set at 10% of $100,000. Additional charges are pending.
The Chadron Police Department was assisted by the Nebraska State Patrol, Dawes County Sheriff’s Office, Chadron State College Housing and Residence Life and Chadron State College Security.