SCENE IN PUBLIC. BUT HE
WENT TOO FAR OUTSIDE A
POPULAR ALBUQUERQUE
RESTAURANTS -- WAVING A
HATCHET AT CUSTOMERS ON
THE PATIO.
HERE )S NEWS 13 )S REBECCA
ATKINS WITH THE VIDEO OF
THE SCARE SCENE --
AND HOW HE WAS PUNISHED
FOR IT -- REBECCA.
KIM, ROGER SCHAFER HAS
HAD A STRING OF RUN-INS
WITH THE LAW.
AND ALTHOUGH HE PUT
PEOPLE THROUGH A BIT OF
A SCARE, HE GOT OUT OF
JAIL IN JUST DAYS.
0:00-0:02
IN EARLY MAY OUTSIDE
KELLY )S ON CENTRAL,
ALBUQUERQUE
POLICE RESPONDED TO A
CALL FOR
A MAN THREATENING PEOPLE
AT THE RESTAURANT, WITH
A HATCHET.
2:41 "On the ground now.
Get on the ground. Get
on the ground." 2:43
POLICE WERE UNSURE,
(WHAT THEY WERE WALKING
INTO ON THAT SUNDAY.
2:52 "Get on the ground
now. You )re gonna get
hit with a bean bag if
you don )t stop right
there." 2:56
THE MAN WITH THE
HATCHET, IS 57 YEAR-OLD
ROGER SCHAFER...
AND HE WOULD (NOT
COMPLY.
23:59 "Turn around. Turn
around. HE FLIPS THEM
OFF, PLEASE BLUR Boom
from the bean bag.24:01
AFTER STAGGERING HIM
WITH A SHOT FROM A BEAN
BAG GUN, OFFICERS
FOUND HIS BLUE HATCHET
CLOSE BY.
25:43 "I didn )t do s ( ( (
to the axe. I was
cutting wood." 25:47 BUT
WITNESSES HAD A
DIFFERENT STORY TO TELL.
6:53 "That guy had the
axe walking this way."
6:55
8:01 "Right as he was
leaving, he walked by,
waved his axe at us."
8:03 AND GUESTS WERE
DEFINITELY SHAKEN UP BY
IT.
17:40 "I mean, it is
what it is, he )s got
some problems, but at
the same time I
understand you can )t be
banging an axe on a
fence." 17:46
SCHAFER WAS ARRESTED.
CHARGED WITH ASSAULTING
A PEACE OFFICER,
CONCEALING
IDENTITY AND DISORDERLY
CONDUCT.
0:04-0:06 nats of a car
AND IT )S NOT HIS FIRST
RUN-IN WITH THE LAW. IN
2016 POLICE CHARGED HIM
FOR FIRING OFF SHOTS
FROM A BB GUN AT A
BUILDING NEAR I-25 AND
COMANCHE.
show "schafer dismissal"
in 4PM folder
BUT THAT CASE WAS
DISMISSED BECAUSE
WITNESSES AND EITHER A
PROSECUTOR OR OFFICER,
DIDN )T SHOW UP TO HIS
TRIAL.
7:41 "No man, you can )t
take my picture." 7:42
IN THE HATCHET CASE,
SCHAFER WAS ALLOWED TO
PLEAD GUILTY TO
DISORDERLY CONDUCT --
THE OTHER CHARGES WERE
DROPPED --
AND SENTENCED TO TWO
DAYS IN JAIL..
THE DA )S OFFICE SAYS
THIS CASE WASN )T
REFERRED TO THEIR OFFICE
BECAUSE THE CHARGES WERE
MISDEMEANORS. THEREFORE,
IT BECAME AN OFFICER
PROSECUTION CASE. KIM,
BACK TO YOU.
OKAY REBECCA.
THE D-A )S OFFICE SAYS
SCHAFER DOES HAVE ONE
FELONY ON HIS RECORD FOR
AGGRAVATED BATTERY IN
2001.
HE WAS ALSO CAUGHT WITH
COCAINE AT A HOMELESS
CAMP IN
2017.
