Newport News Detective Suspended for Road Rage Incident

NEWPORT NEWS DETECTIVE IS ON SUSPENSION. THIS - AFTER A DRIVER SAYS HE WAS INVOLVED IN A ROAD RAGE INCIDENT - THAT WITH THE DETECTIVE DISPLAYING A HANDGUN. THE INCIDENT STARTED ON JEFFERSON AVENUE AND H-Q WAY. IT ENDED IN A PARKING LOT 10 ON YOUR SIDE'S KATIE COLLETT HAS BEEN WORKING THIS STORY ALL AFTERNOON - AND JOINS US LIVE FROM WHERE THE INCIDENT ENDED. KATIE? THIS IS WHERE POLICE SAY PULLED UP TO TWO MEN WHO WHERE IN THEIR CAR AND SHOWED HIS HANDGUN. THE MEN TELL POLICE THEY TRIED TO CHANGE LANES JEFFERSON AVENUE, THAT'S WHEN THEY SAY AND MAN IN A TRUCK LAID ON HIS HORN AND THREW HIS ARMS IN THE AIR. HE FOLLOWED THEM TO A NEARBY PARKING LOT, DROVE UP TO THEM, AND ARGUED WITH THEM ACCORDING TO POLICE. WHEN HE PULLED AWAY, THE MEN GOT BACK IN THEIR CAR, FOLLOWED HIM, AND CALLED 911. POLICE PULLED THE 27-YEAR VETERAN OVER NEAR FORT EUSTIS BOULEVARD. DETECTIVE POOLE WAS ON DUTY AT THE TIME. 10 ON YOUR SIDE HAS A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS INCIDENT: HAPPENED THURSDAY, I ASKED NEWPORT NEWS SPOKESPERSON LOU THURSTON WHY IT TOOK SO LONG FOR THE INFORMATION OF THIS ALLEGED ROAD RAGE TO BE RELEASED. HE TOLD ME IT TOOK TIME FOR THE GET BOTH VICTIMS' STATEMENTS BECAUSE ONE OF THEM HAS A JOB THAT TAKES HIM OUT OF REGULARLY. HE ALSO SAID THE CRIMINAL SOME TIME - BUT ENDED WITH AN ARREST AND POOLE FACING CHARGES OF BRANDISHING A FIREARM. I ASKED IF THE HANDGUN POOLE IS ACCUSED OF SHOWING THE MEN WAS HIS SERVICE WEAPON AND THURSTON TOLD ME NO. HE SAID THE HANDGUN IS NOT A NEWPORT NEWS POLICE ISSUED WEAPON. I ALSO ASKED IF THE TRUCK POOLE WAS DRIVING IS OWNED BY THE NEWPORT NEWS POLICE THURSTON TOLD ME HE CANNOT GO INTO DETAIL ABOUT WHO OWNS THE TRUCK. WE ALSO WANTED TO KNOW WHY POOLE HAS BEEN PLACED ON WITH DECISION IS UP TO CHIEF JAMES FOX. HE WENT ON TO SAY "IF DURING THE COURSE OF INVESTIGATION THE NEED TO, THE CHIEF COULD CHANGE IT TO AN UNPAID SUSPENSION." WE HAVE REQUESTED TWICE TO INTERVIEW THE CHIEF ABOUT HIS THOUGHTS THAT AN ON-DUTY OFFICER ALLEGEDLY RESPONDED THIS WAY JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE TRIED TO CHANGE LANES IN FRONT OF HIM. THURSTON SENT OUR REQUEST THE CHIEF AND WE ARE WAITING FOR HIS RESPONSE. AN INTERVIEW CITING REASONS THAT - QUOTE - "CANNOT BE EVER." THIS IS NOT OVER. WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK TO GET BECAUSE POOLE WAS ISSUED SUMMONSES FOR HIS MISDEMEANOR CHARGES, NO BOOKING PHOTO OF HIM WAS TAKEN. NORMALLY, 10 ON YOUR SIDE WOULD THEN SEARCH FOR A PICTURE OF HIM, BUT POLICE REQUESTED WE DO DETECTIVE'S PICTURE BECAUSE ASSIGNMENT.