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Self Defense in the news Part 10
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Police identify shooting victim
A man who was killed inside a Northwest Side apartment Friday has been identified as Roger Roszake, 29, of San Antonio.
Police said Naomi Davila brought her father to her second-story apartment in the 7600 block of Callaghan Road because she was afraid Roszake might be there. She told police that when she went inside, she was attacked with a box cutter.
Davila ran out, calling for her father, who was waiting downstairs.
Her father, who was not identified, confronted Roszake. Davila said she heard two shots, and called a police officer who lives at the complex.
The officer found Roszake dead, a gunshot to the chest.
No charges were filed against Davila's father, according to police reports http://news.mysanantonio.com/story.cfm?xla=saen&xlb=180&xlc=705109&xld=310
Store owner slays bandit
Sunday, May 19, 2002
By T.A. PARMALEE
LAWRENCE - A robber was shot to death by the owner of the Five Points Check Cashing store in the 1600 block of Princeton Avenue yesterday morning, police said.
Police had not determined the name of the dead robber as of last night, they said in a press release.
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The incident occurred at 8:46 a.m., police said.
The bandit was shot once in the head, a man who was allowed inside the store yesterday afternoon said.
The bandit was rushed to Capital Health System at Fuld hospital where he was pronounced dead at 9:12 a.m., police said.
According to a U.S. business directory, the owner of the store is Phil Ventigli, who is known locally as "Skippy Jake." A person contacted by phone at the store yesterday said he was a relative of Ventigli and Ventigli did not want to speak to reporters.
Ventigli previously operated a liquor and check cashing store on Pennington Avenue in Trenton. He was displaced in 1996 by the city's Battle Monument Redevelopment project.
In their press release, Lawrence police said two robbers entered the store as a third waited outside in a silver-gray Nissan. The two men entered the store, which was occupied only by the owner. "One robber attempted to enter the office while the second robber brandished a handgun," police said in the press release. "The storeowner armed himself with a handgun from the office. An exchange of gunfire occurred resulting in one robber being shot."
When contacted last night, police would not say who fired first - the robbers or the storeowner. A man at the check-cashing store yesterday, who said he was a friend of the owner, said the robbers came in and fired at least two shots before the store owner fired his weapon.
After the owner shot one robber, the second ran outside to the waiting car, which sped away, police said. The car fled north on Princeton Avenue toward the Brunswick Circle. The incident remains under investigation by the township police department and the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office. Anyone with information about the robbery is asked to call the township detective bureau at (609) 844-7129.
http://www.nj.com/news/times/mercer/index.ssf?/base/news-1/10217988011830710.xml
Police: Teen shot, arrested after alleged burglary attempt
By Matt Holsapple, Journal and Courier
A 16-year-old boy was arrested Wednesday night after being shot while allegedly attempting to burglarize a West Lafayette house.
Tippecanoe County Sheriff's Department Lt. Steve Kohne said police were contacted by representatives at Arnett Urgent Care in West Lafayette when the boy went to the facility for treatment of a gunshot wound in his leg shortly after 6 p.m.
After questioning both the wounded boy and the shooter, Kohne said police established that the boy had gone to a house at 152 Prophet Road in West Lafayette. After receiving no answer at the door, he entered the home and went into one of the bedrooms.
In the bedroom, a second 16-year-old boy, who lives at the address, was hiding in a closet with a .22 pistol. Kohne said when the intruder entered the bedroom, the resident jumped out of the closet with the gun. In the ensuing fight, the gun went off, injuring the intruder's leg.
Kohne said the intruder had also allegedly burglarized the home approximately a month ago.
Police did not release either of the boys' names because they are juveniles.
The intruder was treated at Arnett Urgent Care and released, whereupon he was arrested and taken to a juvenile detention facility in Howard County.
http://www.lafayettejc.com/news20020516/200205167local_news1021525517.shtml
Police say man turned gun on those who were assaulting him
By RICHARD S. KOONCE, The Virginian-Pilot
c May 7, 2002
PORTSMOUTH -- A Portsmouth man, who police said was being beaten by three men, turned a gun on one of his alleged attackers Monday and shot him in the head.
The man who fired the gun has not been charged with any crime. Police have not released his identity.
The men police described as his attackers, including the one who was shot, now face charges of assault.
Police have arrested Joseph Augusta Drake, 21, of the 400 block of Mount Vernon Ave., and charged him with simple assault and threatening to kill, said Dave Dempsey, a police spokesman. Police also arrested Nathaniel Smith Jr., 47, of the 200 block of Outlaw St. in Chesapeake. He was charged with simple assault.
The man who was shot has not been identified and is in fair condition at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. He will face charges upon his release, Dempsey added.
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The three suspects began arguing with the man at about 12:51 p.m. in the 1100 block of Center Ave., and then, police said, started beating him.
The man who was being assaulted pulled out a gun and began firing.
Reach Richard S. Koonce at 446-2536 or rkoonce@pilotonline.com
http://www.pilotonline.com/news/nw0507sho.html
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
A man who was killed inside a Northwest Side apartment Friday has been identified as Roger Roszake, 29, of San Antonio.
Police said Naomi Davila brought her father to her second-story apartment in the 7600 block of Callaghan Road because she was afraid Roszake might be there. She told police that when she went inside, she was attacked with a box cutter.
Davila ran out, calling for her father, who was waiting downstairs.
Her father, who was not identified, confronted Roszake. Davila said she heard two shots, and called a police officer who lives at the complex.
The officer found Roszake dead, a gunshot to the chest.
No charges were filed against Davila's father, according to police reports http://news.mysanantonio.com/story.cfm?xla=saen&xlb=180&xlc=705109&xld=310
Store owner slays bandit
Sunday, May 19, 2002
By T.A. PARMALEE
LAWRENCE - A robber was shot to death by the owner of the Five Points Check Cashing store in the 1600 block of Princeton Avenue yesterday morning, police said.
Police had not determined the name of the dead robber as of last night, they said in a press release.
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The incident occurred at 8:46 a.m., police said.
The bandit was shot once in the head, a man who was allowed inside the store yesterday afternoon said.
The bandit was rushed to Capital Health System at Fuld hospital where he was pronounced dead at 9:12 a.m., police said.
According to a U.S. business directory, the owner of the store is Phil Ventigli, who is known locally as "Skippy Jake." A person contacted by phone at the store yesterday said he was a relative of Ventigli and Ventigli did not want to speak to reporters.
Ventigli previously operated a liquor and check cashing store on Pennington Avenue in Trenton. He was displaced in 1996 by the city's Battle Monument Redevelopment project.
In their press release, Lawrence police said two robbers entered the store as a third waited outside in a silver-gray Nissan. The two men entered the store, which was occupied only by the owner. "One robber attempted to enter the office while the second robber brandished a handgun," police said in the press release. "The storeowner armed himself with a handgun from the office. An exchange of gunfire occurred resulting in one robber being shot."
When contacted last night, police would not say who fired first - the robbers or the storeowner. A man at the check-cashing store yesterday, who said he was a friend of the owner, said the robbers came in and fired at least two shots before the store owner fired his weapon.
After the owner shot one robber, the second ran outside to the waiting car, which sped away, police said. The car fled north on Princeton Avenue toward the Brunswick Circle. The incident remains under investigation by the township police department and the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office. Anyone with information about the robbery is asked to call the township detective bureau at (609) 844-7129.
http://www.nj.com/news/times/mercer/index.ssf?/base/news-1/10217988011830710.xml
Police: Teen shot, arrested after alleged burglary attempt
By Matt Holsapple, Journal and Courier
A 16-year-old boy was arrested Wednesday night after being shot while allegedly attempting to burglarize a West Lafayette house.
Tippecanoe County Sheriff's Department Lt. Steve Kohne said police were contacted by representatives at Arnett Urgent Care in West Lafayette when the boy went to the facility for treatment of a gunshot wound in his leg shortly after 6 p.m.
After questioning both the wounded boy and the shooter, Kohne said police established that the boy had gone to a house at 152 Prophet Road in West Lafayette. After receiving no answer at the door, he entered the home and went into one of the bedrooms.
In the bedroom, a second 16-year-old boy, who lives at the address, was hiding in a closet with a .22 pistol. Kohne said when the intruder entered the bedroom, the resident jumped out of the closet with the gun. In the ensuing fight, the gun went off, injuring the intruder's leg.
Kohne said the intruder had also allegedly burglarized the home approximately a month ago.
Police did not release either of the boys' names because they are juveniles.
The intruder was treated at Arnett Urgent Care and released, whereupon he was arrested and taken to a juvenile detention facility in Howard County.
http://www.lafayettejc.com/news20020516/200205167local_news1021525517.shtml
Police say man turned gun on those who were assaulting him
By RICHARD S. KOONCE, The Virginian-Pilot
c May 7, 2002
PORTSMOUTH -- A Portsmouth man, who police said was being beaten by three men, turned a gun on one of his alleged attackers Monday and shot him in the head.
The man who fired the gun has not been charged with any crime. Police have not released his identity.
The men police described as his attackers, including the one who was shot, now face charges of assault.
Police have arrested Joseph Augusta Drake, 21, of the 400 block of Mount Vernon Ave., and charged him with simple assault and threatening to kill, said Dave Dempsey, a police spokesman. Police also arrested Nathaniel Smith Jr., 47, of the 200 block of Outlaw St. in Chesapeake. He was charged with simple assault.
The man who was shot has not been identified and is in fair condition at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. He will face charges upon his release, Dempsey added.
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The three suspects began arguing with the man at about 12:51 p.m. in the 1100 block of Center Ave., and then, police said, started beating him.
The man who was being assaulted pulled out a gun and began firing.
Reach Richard S. Koonce at 446-2536 or rkoonce@pilotonline.com
http://www.pilotonline.com/news/nw0507sho.html
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
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Tuesday, May 14, 2002
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
RICHLAND -- A naked, raving intruder was shot by a homeowner and, despite bleeding heavily, heaved a dresser at sheriff's deputies before being subdued, authorities said.
NOTE: This story has been updated since it was originally posted.
Jeremy S. Diefenbach, 26, of Richland, was listed in satisfactory condition at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle after being arrested early Monday at a home in the Horse Heaven Hills southwest of town. He reportedly moved to the area recently from Texas with his father.
Benton County Sheriff Larry Taylor, amazed that being shot in the thigh with a hunting rifle failed to stop the man, said investigators do not believe drugs or alcohol were involved.
"We believe there are mental issues," Taylor said.
Trouble began Sunday afternoon when a man who was not known to the resident of the house or his 82-year-old mother entered the dwelling, rummaged through some kitchen cabinets and then left on a motorcycle, Taylor said.
After the man returned in a two-ton truck and left again, deputies located the truck a few miles away and found clothing and a wallet belonging to Diefenbach buried nearby, Taylor said.
About 2 a.m. Monday, hearing the sound of breaking glass, the resident found a naked man just inside a broken window and ordered him to leave. When the intruder refused, the man shot him with a .300-caliber Savage rifle, the sheriff said.
The intruder, bleeding from a baseball-sized wound in his thigh, went into a bedroom and lay down -- until two deputies arrived.
Taylor said the raving man yanked out dresser drawers and heaved the dresser at the deputies, who had to summon help before they could get him into handcuffs.
"We're very concerned, and we need to get some help for this kid," the sheriff said. "The information we have is very sketchy. We don't know his motive."
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/70347_intruder14ww.shtml
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
Workers Say It's Matter Of Survival
POSTED: 7:29 a.m. EDT May 15, 2002
CLEVELAND -- A wave of violent crime sprees has hit northeast Ohio recently and now area business owners are on alert and prepared to fight back.
Store clerks are turning up the heat on safety. They are arming themselves with weapons while they work, NewsChannel5 reported.
On Tuesday, an attempted robbery turned deadly at a Citgo Station when a clerk shot the suspect on the other side of the counter.
Witnesses said that an unidentified robber burst into the gas station on East 156th Street with a gun and demanded money. The robber was apparently unaware that the cashier also had a gun.
"You can't blame any store owner for defending (himself) in light of the fact that so many of them have been killed in this city," City Councilman Mike Polensek said.
For some local convenience store clerks, it's now a matter of survival.
"When they had the barrel in my face, I just thought that's it for me," robbery victim Samer Abdelaziz said.
Police are still reviewing surveillance videotape from the store to pinpoint exactly what happened during the shooting. http://www.newsnet5.com/news/1460870/detail.html
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
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By BRAD SCHRADE
Staff Writer
A Forest Hills man shot two armed burglars at his home early yesterday morning and, police say, the burglars were lucky that Roy Luckett grabbed his wife's gun.
When the burglar alarm went off at 2 a.m. in Luckett's two-story home at 939 Tyne Blvd., it woke him and his wife, Patsy. Luckett had the choice of two guns in their bedroom x his .45-caliber handgun and his wife's less powerful, .38-caliber pistol, loaded with ''snake shot'' pellets.
He grabbed the .38 and went downstairs.
After searching the first floor, Luckett, 67, went to the basement, where a door near the garage was cracked open, his attorney Clark Spoden said.
Luckett thought the wind had blown it open; he closed the door and was about to go back upstairs when Patsy called down to him.
''She said, 'Did you check all the rooms?' '' Spoden said. ''(Luckett) was in a storage room adjacent to the furnace room and heard this noise.''
Luckett opened the furnace-room door to find two figures standing in the darkness, and he fired three times, emptying the gun, Spoden said.
Police say the two burglary suspects were masked and armed with rifles, Spoden said.
The pellets hit one suspect, Micah R. Ladd, 20, in the arm. The other suspect, a juvenile, 17, whose name police withheld, was hit in the face.
Luckett ran upstairs and grabbed the .45. The suspects struggled to get the garage door open and once they did, fled through the garage, police and Spoden said.
The pair fired 14 rounds from at least one of the rifles into Patsy Luckett's sport utility vehicle, piercing its body and shattering a window, Spoden and police said.
When police arrived in the neighborhood, where homes are appraised in the $1 million range, they followed a trail of blood from the Lucketts' furnace room, through the garage and into the woods, where they found a black mask and a flashlight.
Metro police say the two wounded suspects stopped near the Harding Place/Humber Drive intersection and phoned for medical help.
Ladd, who was treated and released from a hospital, admitted to the burglary, according to a police statement, and led detectives to the two rifles that he had stashed at his home at Hillview Heights near Franklin Pike before calling for medical help.
The juvenile is being treated at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and will be booked into juvenile detention upon release, the police statement said.
The Lucketts were not injured. Metro police spokesman Don Aaron was quoted in a television report saying that the two suspects were fortunate Roy Luckett chose the gun he did.
Luckett said he does not know why the suspects stayed in the house after the alarm went off.
''They were lucky I didn't take the .45,'' he said.
''No telling what would have happened. God just guided me through that night.''
http://www.tennessean.com/local/archives/02/05/17728349.shtml?Element_ID=17728349
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878