Saw this in the paper this morning and had to pass it along:
“When Dave Newman waded out of the San Marcos River on Sunday afternoon, he was exhausted. He had just pulled Abed Duamni of Houston out of the swirling waters below Joe’s Crab Shack and deposited him, safe and sound, on the far shoreline.”
“Then Newman, of San Marcos, was handcuffed, put in a Texas State University police squad car and taken to jail, where he was charged with interfering with public duties.”
Apparently, the part of the river he saved Duamni from was marked as a “No Swimming” zone, and clearly, entering the water to rescue someone violated that restriction. Newman posted a $2000 bail to avoid staying the night in jail.
(Via statesman.com.)