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Man shoots intruder in apartment
2002-07-01
By Robert Medley
The Oklahoman
A man shot an intruder Sunday morning in his northwest Oklahoma City apartment, police Lt. Dee Patty said.
The man and his wife told police they were sleeping about 5 a.m. at Prairie Springs Apartments, 9777 N Council Road, when the wife heard their security alarm beeping.
The husband, whose name was not released, told police he grabbed his .40-caliber pistol and walked out of his bedroom to look for an intruder. He said he found a man in another part of the apartment. When the intruder tried to run, he shot him in the hip.
The burglar made it to the second-floor balcony and jumped.
A short while later, a woman at the Lyrewood Point Apartments, 7806 Lyrewood Lane, called police to report that her boyfriend had been shot while the couple were jogging, Patty said.
Police found the man at Lyrewood Point Apartments with a gunshot wound in his hip. After questioning the man and woman, police arrested them.
Bryant Rice, 25, and Leslie Ellason, 24, were taken to the Oklahoma County jail, Patty said. Rice was treated for the gunshot wound, she said.
Ellason was booked on complaints of possession of marijuana and burglary and held in lieu of $11,000 bail.
Rice was being questioned Sunday night.
http://www.newsok.com/cgi-bin/show_article?ID=881765&pic=none&TP=getarticle
"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
2002-07-01
By Robert Medley
The Oklahoman
A man shot an intruder Sunday morning in his northwest Oklahoma City apartment, police Lt. Dee Patty said.
The man and his wife told police they were sleeping about 5 a.m. at Prairie Springs Apartments, 9777 N Council Road, when the wife heard their security alarm beeping.
The husband, whose name was not released, told police he grabbed his .40-caliber pistol and walked out of his bedroom to look for an intruder. He said he found a man in another part of the apartment. When the intruder tried to run, he shot him in the hip.
The burglar made it to the second-floor balcony and jumped.
A short while later, a woman at the Lyrewood Point Apartments, 7806 Lyrewood Lane, called police to report that her boyfriend had been shot while the couple were jogging, Patty said.
Police found the man at Lyrewood Point Apartments with a gunshot wound in his hip. After questioning the man and woman, police arrested them.
Bryant Rice, 25, and Leslie Ellason, 24, were taken to the Oklahoma County jail, Patty said. Rice was treated for the gunshot wound, she said.
Ellason was booked on complaints of possession of marijuana and burglary and held in lieu of $11,000 bail.
Rice was being questioned Sunday night.
http://www.newsok.com/cgi-bin/show_article?ID=881765&pic=none&TP=getarticle
"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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2002-06-21
By Bryan Dean
The Oklahoman
Oklahoma Highway Patrol troopers Thursday shot out the radiator of a tractor-trailer, ending a 40-mile chase near Shawnee that started after a shooting at an Oklahoma City truck stop.
No one was injured during the chase, authorities said. Several motorists were run off the road by the fleeing rig.
Cordell Robinson, 22, of Lakewood, Colo., was held late Thursday at the Oklahoma County jail on complaints of assault with a deadly weapon and attempting to elude police, Oklahoma City police Sgt. Kevin Southerland said.
The incident began about 6 p.m. in the parking lot of the Pilot Travel Center, 1901 E Reno Ave.
"He (Robinson) apparently got into a confrontation here with a prostitute," Southerland said. "Apparently there was an argument over the money and services rendered. Mr. Robinson got his shotgun and attempted to shoot her."
Earl Pigg, a tractor-trailer driver from Roland, said he saw the altercation from the cab of his rig parked nearby. Pigg said he heard several women calling on a citizens band radio looking for the victim; a short time later he heard a woman's voice over the CB radio saying she was being raped in an orange truck.
Pigg said he grabbed some binoculars and looked inside the cab of a nearby orange rig.
"The boy was sitting in the seat and had the gun pointing down towards the floor," Pigg said.
Pigg then got on his CB radio to tell the women where their friend was. They helped her escape from the rig before the driver and a passenger in the tractor-trailer followed them, he said.
When one of the women pointed to the shotgun the driver had concealed down his pants, the group scattered, Pigg said. The victim got into a blue tractor-trailer parked nearby.
"He pulled the gun halfway out and says, 'Get back out of the truck and get over there!'" Pigg said. "As they were moving out, he pointed the gun and fired a round off."
The woman and the driver of the blue tractor-trailer ducked when the shot was fired and left the scene, Pigg said. The woman suffered a cut on her face, but it was unclear whether it was from a shotgun pellet or shattered glass, police said.
The driver and passenger from the orange tractor-trailer climbed back into their rig and tried to leave, Pigg said.
Pigg called on his CB radio and told an approaching flatbed truck to block the fleeing rig. But the rig squeezed between the flatbed and another tractor- trailer, driven by Virgil Hodges of North Carolina.
"They were cut off trying to get away, and they took the trailer over my hood," Hodges said. "I came out and found my truck destroyed."
Police arrived on the scene as the rig fled, Southerland said. A police cruiser followed the rig east onto Interstate 40, he said.
At least 17 law enforcement vehicles from Oklahoma City police, Oklahoma County Sheriff's Department and the patrol were involved in the chase.
As the driver reached Choctaw Road, troopers deployed stop sticks, which flattened several of the rig's tires.
"He slowed down and let the other driver or witness out," Southerland said.
The driver exited I-40 onto U.S. 177 near Shawnee. Southerland said troopers then fired at the radiator in the rig, and it slowly came to a stop.
The driver of the truck, identified as Robinson, surrendered, Southerland said.
Southerland said authorities may make more arrests or file more charges.
http://www.newsok.com/cgi-bin/show_article?ID=877385&pic=none&TP=getarticle
"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
Savannah Morning News
A Chatham County business owner shot a male teen-ager Friday morning, whom he suspected of burglarizing his convenience store.
Jeremy Yates, 17, was shot once around 4 a.m. during a scuffle with David Bledsoe, who owns El Cheapo Convenient Mart at the 1000 block of John Carter Road.
Yates was at Memorial Health University Medical Center Friday in serious condition.
He will face burglary and battery charges after he is released from the hospital, police said.
Detectives are not planning to charge Bledsoe with any crime.
Evidence -- including whether or not Yates was armed -- will be turned over to the district attorney's office, said Sgt. Mike Wilson.
Bledsoe, 52, had been burglarized several times before Friday's incident, police said.
When he heard the sound of glass breaking from his home near the store, Bledsoe armed himself with a small-caliber handgun and walked to the front of the store.
There, he saw a man wearing camouflage and a ski mask walking out of the store, police said.
The man scuffled with Bledsoe after he screamed for him to stop, police said.
Bledsoe received cuts and scratches during the struggle.
Jason Cannon, who police say was involved and left the scene, was arrested and charged with burglary. http://www.savannahnow.com/stories/062202/LOCshootingbrief.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
By KATY SCOTT News-Sun Staff Writer
The Springfield drive-through owner who shot at two would-be robbers Saturday night, possibly wounding one, said he'd repeat his actions.
"I don't like getting shot at, and I don't like shooting at people, but I'd do it again," said Clifford A. Conley, owner of Beverage Oasis, 1953 S. Yellow Springs St.
The would-be robbers were described as 6-foot-tall, masked black men with shotguns who entered the business at 10:58 p.m.
There have been a string of similar robberies at area bars since April 16, and Springfield Police Chief David Walters said, "We have every reason to believe this is connected."
Witnesses and police reports gave this account:
One of the robbers entered the business wearing a green mask and blue clothing and carrying a 12-gauge shotgun. As he approached the building, three people at the business fled. A fourth person, who fell on her way out, remained motionless on the floor near the door.
The second gunman, who was wearing a green mask and carrying a 20-gauge shotgun, followed the three people as they fled. The three attempted to flag down several cars for help before a Springfield motorist stopped.
"He seen them running. He seen the guy with the shotgun chasing them," said Oasis manager Debbie Little, who wasn't working Saturday.
The motorist drove the three to a phone down the street where they called for help.
"Nobody wants to get involved in anything like this," Little said. "We owe him a debt of gratitude."
Conley was working in an office and by way of a security camera observed the three people fleeing. With another camera, he saw the first robber banging on a cash register with his gun.
Conley dialed 911 and, before speaking to anyone, left the phone off the hook to pick up a .22-caliber semi-automatic pistol. He came out of the office as the first robber ran through the drive-through.
Conley told the man to stop and fired a warning shot. The gunman turned toward Conley and began to raise his gun, so Conley fired two shots at him. The man fell to the ground, dropped his weapon, got up and limped away. Police later recovered the dropped gun.
Conley looked outside and saw both men. The second robber shot twice at Conley as he helped his partner into a maroon Ford Tempo. The shots hit the garage door jamb. Conley fired five to six more times, then closed and locked all the doors of his business.
Police officers were on the scene shortly thereafter. Conley commended their response time, saying it took just minutes for officers to arrive.
Walters said that whenever firearms are involved, it becomes a potentially dangerous situation.
"I can't prevent people from trying to protect their businesses and their employees," he said. "These robbers have been very active in the past few weeks in the Springfield area, and people are a little on edge."
Conley was reluctant to talk about the incident Monday. Little said Conley wishes the attempted robbery could have ended peacefully.
"This is not something he's proud of," she said. "They drew on him, and he fired back ... He had no resort but to fire back."
http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/auto/feed/news/2002/06/24/1024974804.01415.5513.1363.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
The New Port Richey man said the suspect charged his window when he confronted him.
By MATTHEW WAITE, Times Staff Writer
c St. Petersburg Times
published July 1, 2002
NEW PORT RICHEY -- A homeowner awakened by breaking glass gave a would-be burglar two warning shots Saturday before the burglar gave up, waited for deputies to arrest him and didn't remember being fired upon in the first place, a Pasco sheriff's office report said.
Charles Ruhe, 25, 7953 Putnam Circle in New Port Richey, was arrested early Saturday morning and was taken to the Land O'Lakes jail facing charges of attempted burglary, resisting arrest with violence and warrants charging him with violating his probation on burglary and dealing in stolen property charges.
The arrest report said homeowner David Skinner told deputies that he heard glass breaking in his Mitchell Ranch Road house at 4:10 a.m. At first, he thought it was the family cat, but when more glass broke, he grabbed his .380-caliber handgun and went to investigate.
Skinner said he found the living room window broken and he saw a dark figure, later identified as Ruhe, standing outside. Skinner said he ordered Ruhe into the light and to identify himself and Ruhe began swearing at him.
Skinner told deputies he told the man "I do not want to hurt you." Ruhe replied "I'm going to kill you. I'm gonna break in and burn down your house."
The report said Ruhe charged the living room window again, breaking more glass and Skinner fired a shot over Ruhe's shoulder and into the ground.
Skinner told deputies that Ruhe then became kind of docile, talking about his family. But then Ruhe became angry, charging the window again and threatening Skinner.
Skinner fired another shot past Ruhe and into the ground. The report said Ruhe then "slumped down onto the ground" where deputies found him.
According to deputies, Ruhe fought with them, kicking at deputies while they tried to handcuff him.
When deputies talked to Ruhe, he "had no idea how he ended up at Mr. Skinner's house." Ruhe said he was upset because of personal problems. Deputies said in their report that when they asked, Ruhe said he didn't know he had been fired upon twice.
After treatment for cuts to his hands, Ruhe was taken to the Land O'Lakes jail. He was being held without bail Sunday evening.
-- Matthew Waite can be reached in west Pasco at 869-6247 or (800) 333-7505, ext. 6247. His e-mail address is waite@sptimes.com.
http://www.sptimes.com/2002/07/01/Pasco/Homeowner_opens_fire_.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