For what reason Andrew Newton Swan Sr. is being held at Jefferson County Jail?
A Jefferson County man is in jail after shooting a suspect running from police in his backyard. Andrew Newton Swan Sr., 56, Wrens, is being held at the Jefferson County Jail pending a charge of aggravated assault, according to a Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department news release. He shot a suspect, Brian Santana Lane, 24, of Louisville who was fleeing from police after eluding a traffic stop. Mr. Lane is in “guarded condition” at the Medical College of Georgia Hospital and Clinics. Mr. Swan saw Mr. Lane climbing over his fence and running across a pasture beside his home Saturday afternoon when attempted to stop him by shooting at him. Mr. Lane was on the run from Jefferson Sheriff’s Department deputies who attempted to stop his vehicle after he illegally passed motorists around 2:55 p.m. The chase exceeded speeds above 100 miles per hour and ended when Mr. Lane stopped his vehicle near the intersection of Campground and Quaker road, approximately 3 miles east of Wrens. He left his fem
http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/06/28/met_529151.shtml Man running from police shot by citizen From Staff Sunday, June 28, 2009 http://i.spotted.augusta.com/user/1/gallery/747092.jpg Andrew Newton Swan Sr. A Jefferson County man is in jail after shooting a suspect running from police in his backyard. Andrew Newton Swan Sr., 56, Wrens, is being held at the Jefferson County Jail pending a charge of aggravated assault, according to a Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department news release. He shot a suspect, Brian Santana Lane, 24, of Louisville who was fleeing from police after eluding a traffic stop. Mr. Lane is in “guarded condition” at the Medical College of Georgia Hospital and Clinics. Mr. Swan saw Mr. Lane climbing over his fence and running across a pasture beside his home Saturday afternoon when atte
Andrew Newton Swan Sr., 56, Wrens, is being held at the Jefferson County Jail pending a charge of aggravated assault, according to a Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department news release. He shot a suspect, Brian Santana Lane, 24, of Louisville who was fleeing from police after eluding a traffic stop. Mr. Lane is in “guarded condition” at the Medical College of Georgia Hospital and Clinics. Sources: http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/06/28/met_529151.
