State v. Kirchner

This matter came on for trial on September 13, 1984. The defendant, William Kirchner, stood charged with aggravated menacing, R.C. 2903.21, and resisting arrest, R.C. 2921.33.

The evidence adduced presented, at the very least, a bizarre situation. Cincinnati Police Officers Randy Froehlich and Steve Means received a radio dispatch to an address at 1209 Main Street in the “Over-the-Rhine” section of Cincinnati. The reason for the dispatch was “man nailing snake to door.”

Upon the officers’ arrival on the third floor of the above address, they did in fact discover a five-foot-long black snake…