By Carlos Miller
A veteran photographer for the Star Press newspaper was arrested Tuesday afternoon while shooting a three-car accident in Muncie, Indiana.
Photo editor Kyle Evens, 50, who has worked for the Star Press for 28 years, was charged with one misdemeanor count of resisting law enforcement, according to the Star Press.
Arresting officer Delaware County Sheriff’s Deputy Scott Brand told Star Press reporter Rick Yencer at the scene that Evens ignored requests to move out of the accident scene, where firefighters and paramedics were working to extricate a victim.
“(Evens) was walking around and disturbing evidence,” Brand said.
Police did not set up emergency tape or any other physical barriers at the scene. The Indiana State Police investigated the accident, and county sheriff’s deputies were assisting with traffic.
The rule I’ve always used when covering cops for various newspapers is if the yellow tape is not up, then you are free to shoot as close as you can without interfering with police or fire officials. Of course, not all officers understand that rule.
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1 genewitch // Oct 2, 2008 at 3:37 AM
oh carlos, it’s obvious. Their rule is “the line you can’t cross is wherever the hell i say it is”
we’ve seen that a lot in the past few years, haven’t we?
2 torgeaux // Oct 2, 2008 at 1:58 PM
While I agree that the general rule should be as you state, if the police ask you to step back, you probably should, if the request is reasonable. In this case, there’s no way for us to tell one way or the other as to how close the photographer was, or if he was given reasonable directions. He isn’t quoted in the story at all, just his boss. I’ll withhold judgment on this one.
3 Carlos Miller // Oct 2, 2008 at 2:02 PM
torgeaux,
Given the guy has been working for the same newspaper for 24 years, I would give him the benefit of the doubt.
I would also bet the cop who arrested him has been on the force less than three years.
But you’re right, it’s still too early to judge. This story was emailed to me at 2 a.m. last night just as I was about to hit the sack, so it’s still very fresh.
4 Scott // Oct 2, 2008 at 2:38 PM
I agree with torgeaux, we don’t really have enough info. I might judge when it’s been updated.
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