Judge Ian Richards leaps to victim's aid during attack in his courtroom

**FlamingFox** · March 25th, 2009, 01:58 PM

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Justice can be swift in Broward County Click here for restaurant inspection reports, as one judge demonstrated Tuesday when he leaped from the bench to come to the aid of a woman whose ex-boyfriend attacked her in court.

County Court Judge Ian Richards helped law enforcement officers restrain a domestic violence defendant who charged at his alleged victim and began hitting her, said Broward Sheriff's spokeswoman Dani Moschella.

The incident happened after Richards told John Charles Reasee II, 29, that he was being taken into custody on a domestic violence charge.

His ex-girlfriend, Nicole Word, had just testified that he ran her off the road last week in Lauderhill.[/QUOTE]

A courtroom deputy was coming up behind Reasee to handcuff him when the defendant lunged at Word, chasing her several feet until he cornered her in the courtroom's witness stand.

Word told the Sun Sentinel that Reasee hit her twice in the temple and twice in the back of the head.

As she cowered under the blows, Richards jumped over the bench and landed on Reasee, video shows.

Link With Video!!!!
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/nat...,5527221.story

**Wicked Doll** · March 25th, 2009, 02:08 PM

Judge Richards is a badass! Hopefully the courtroom antics of Reasee will land him in jail for a long, long time.

**Peeperann** · March 25th, 2009, 02:41 PM

Originally Posted by Wicked Doll

Judge Richards is a badass! Hopefully the courtroom antics of Reasee will land him in jail for a long, long time.

God I hope so. Fucktard. I was that woman sitting across from a crazy man. I would have lost it at that point.

Hopefully this can add at least 10 years to his sentence.

**Insomniac** · March 25th, 2009, 02:57 PM

Go on with your bad self Judge Richards.

**Kalehue** · March 25th, 2009, 03:00 PM

So much for any defense his attorney had planned....

It looks like his hands were cuffed behind his back and when they removed the handcuffs he immediately made his move. My gosh, what a psycho. Put him AWAY!