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Published on: 8/20/2005
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Ray Chesterfield, the Port Authority's aviation police chief, conducted the investigation into the incident involving Joseph Clendinen, a retired V.I. Police Department sergeant who now works as a security guard for the Port Authority.
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In his report, Chesterfield said that "a rock is considered a deadly weapon when it is used or intended to be used for offensive or defensive purposes, the destruction of life, or the infliction of injury, which can result in deadly force having been used against the perpetrator, which in this case was Mr. Dieubon.
"The discharge of a firearm, whether in the air or on the ground, is highly discouraged," Chesterfield said.
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Chesterfield goes on to say that Clendinen should have filed a police report about the incident.
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Chesterfield could not be reached for comment Friday.