Saturday, January 30, 1999
Break-in at furniture store costly for deer
Buck leaves bloody mess
BY ALLEN HOWARD
The Cincinnati Enquirer
MONTGOMERY — A wild buck crashed through the window of a furniture store Friday morning, overturning furniture and smearing blood throughout the store from a cut it received.
Sgt. Ron Fread of the Montgomery Police Division said the deer jumped through a plate glass window at the Otmar Furniture By Inc Store, 9500 Montgomery Road, about 7:30 a.m.
The deer suffered a cut to its neck as it crashed through the window and later had to be destroyed.
“It sort of went on a shopping spree in the store, smearing blood all over the place,” Sgt. Fread said. “In my 18 years of police work, I have never seen this much blood. It looked like a mass murder was committed.”
Sgt. Fread said the deer knocked over tables and couches on the first floor as it roamed around the store.
“When we arrived, we left the door open and tried to chase it out, but couldn't. These things can get pretty dangerous when they are cornered and scared. This was a full grown buck with big antlers,” he said.
Officers closed off traffic on Montgomery Road for about 15 minutes.
“We had to shut down the traffic because if we were able to get it out the door, it would have run right into the rush-hour traffic on Montgomery Road,” Sgt. Fread said. “We hated to destroy it, but with the cut and the amount of blood it lost, it would have died anyway.”
Bob Schipper, owner of the contemporary furniture store, said he had to close Friday to clean up.
“It was a big mess when we arrived here this morning,” he said. “I think the Montgomery police did a good job in handling the animal.”
Mr. Schipper said Friday he had not figured out how much damage was done.
“We will be open (today),” Mr. Schipper said.
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