GA- Minister accused of molesting tries suicide, cops say

Under normal circumstances (i.e., other suicide attempts) I would not post such incidents, but, this one makes mention of the "U.S. Secret Service" as being involved, that, is completely different from U.S. Marshals. So, the question is, why are they involved in this simple service of an arrest warrant?

12-14-2008 Georgia:

SWAT team raids Kennesaw home of ‘Magic Jeff’ performer

A Cobb County police SWAT team on Thursday raided the Kennesaw home of a church minister and magician accused of child molestation to find he tried to kill himself, authorities said.

Officers arrived at the home of Jeff Alan Wasley, 37, around 9:45 a.m. to serve him with a federal arrest warrant. Police said it was a “high-risk warrant” and that Wasley was considered armed and dangerous.

The SWAT team went in and pulled out his wife and one of his two children. Wasley then ran to the basement and barricaded himself there, police said.

When officers opened the door to the basement, they found Wasley with self-inflicted slash wounds, having attempted suicide, Cobb police spokesman Nathan McCreary said.

“He’d cut himself up pretty good,” McCreary said.

The suspect was taken to WellStar Kennestone Hospital in Marietta, where he was listed in stable condition after surgery. He was in the custody of the U.S. Secret Service. No one else was reported injured in the incident.

Wasley, who had performed for schoolchildren and other groups under the name “Magic Jeff,” was arrested in July after he reportedly approached two young boys in the restroom of a Target store in Kennesaw and touched one of them inappropriately. He had been a leader of children’s worship at Calvary Jesus Church in Kennesaw.

Information and evidence from his initial arrest led to federal charges of sexual exploitation of children and child pornography, police said. ..News Source.. by MARCUS K. GARNER, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution