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Last Updated: 5:19 am | Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Man in wheelchair allegedly assaulted cop
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A 45-year-old paraplegic is accused of assaulting a Cincinnati police officer by ramming his wheelchair into her and then dousing her patrol car with urine from his catheter bag.

Ralph Evegan was arrested Sunday on charges of assaulting a police officer, obstructing official business, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct stemming from the Aug. 30 attack.

Court records say that when officers tried to arrest Evegan at his Westwood apartment on a 2005 disorderly conduct charge, Evegan refused to cooperate, intentionally ramming officer Stephanie Glueck with his wheelchair. Evegan then spit at Glueck, screaming that he had hepatitis C.

Assistant Hamilton County Prosecutor Betsy Sundermann added that Evegan also tossed the urine and told officers that he would "never be locked up because of his disability."

Evegan's lawyer said the assault is a misunderstanding and that his client was just trying to break his fall after the officer threw him to the ground.

Hamilton County Municipal Judge Ted Berry set bond for Evegan at $5,500. Berry said Evegan must also be tested for diseases that can be transmitted via bodily fluid.