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Car owner arrested in death of would-be thief
The Associated Press
A suspected car burglar was shot and killed by the car's owner, who fired from his balcony after witnessing the break-in, police said.
Sean Minor was arrested after the shooting early Tuesday in an apartment complex in eastern New Orleans. The 19-year-old male who was killed was not identified.
Minor witnessed two men breaking into cars, and fired a handgun from his second-floor balcony after they broke into his Nissan, police said. The wounded burglary suspect was shot in the face and chest. He ran several feet, collapsed and was pronounced dead at the scene.
The second suspect fled and is wanted on auto burglary charges.
Police said Minor was arrested for manslaughter because he was not in danger of losing his life or receiving great * harm.
Meanwhile, apartment complex residents said they are fed up with car thieves. Sonya Heisser, whose car has been broken into four times, said she heard the gunshots overnight.
"I don't care where they get shot," Heisser said. "This area is prone to have cars broken into. This is a message to people who want to break into cars in this area."
A spokesman for a victims' rights group said it is possible that the shooting was justified.
"We don't know all the facts," said Sandy Krasnoff, of Victims and Citizens Against Crime. "One of the two that got away may have had a gun or may have waved it at him, so it may be a valid defense."
http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20020827&Category=APN&ArtNo=208270789&Ref=AR
"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
Car owner arrested in death of would-be thief
The Associated Press
A suspected car burglar was shot and killed by the car's owner, who fired from his balcony after witnessing the break-in, police said.
Sean Minor was arrested after the shooting early Tuesday in an apartment complex in eastern New Orleans. The 19-year-old male who was killed was not identified.
Minor witnessed two men breaking into cars, and fired a handgun from his second-floor balcony after they broke into his Nissan, police said. The wounded burglary suspect was shot in the face and chest. He ran several feet, collapsed and was pronounced dead at the scene.
The second suspect fled and is wanted on auto burglary charges.
Police said Minor was arrested for manslaughter because he was not in danger of losing his life or receiving great * harm.
Meanwhile, apartment complex residents said they are fed up with car thieves. Sonya Heisser, whose car has been broken into four times, said she heard the gunshots overnight.
"I don't care where they get shot," Heisser said. "This area is prone to have cars broken into. This is a message to people who want to break into cars in this area."
A spokesman for a victims' rights group said it is possible that the shooting was justified.
"We don't know all the facts," said Sandy Krasnoff, of Victims and Citizens Against Crime. "One of the two that got away may have had a gun or may have waved it at him, so it may be a valid defense."
http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20020827&Category=APN&ArtNo=208270789&Ref=AR
"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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Posted: 11:31 a.m. EDT May 23, 2003
MERRITT ISLAND, Fla. -- A would-be burglar of a gun business was injured by a gunshot early this morning after the owner of the business discovered him and another man inside the store, sheriff's officials told WKMG partner, Florida Today.
Florida Today reported that Brevard County Sheriff's deputies responded at 4:18 a.m. to the Mailorder Gun Connection at 3420 N. Courtenay Blvd.
Officials said John Wolfram responded to his store after an alarm went off and found two men inside. When one of them appeared to have a gun, the owner fired a shot from his own gun, grazing the burglar's arm.
Joseph Campbell, 18, of Merritt Island and Aaron Huck, 20, of Indian Harbour Beach were arrested. Campbell was being treated at Wuesthoff Medical Center in Rockledge for injuries that were not serious, officials said.
Both have been charged with armed burglary, grand theft of firearms, use of a firearm in commission of a felony and possession of burglary tools.
Sheriff's officials defended Wolfram's actions.
"A citizen has the right to defend his/her property. If the citizen has a reasonable fear that they are in imminent danger of death or great * harm then they are justified in using whatever force, to include deadly force, to protect their life," said Brevard Sheriff Phil Williams.
Wolfram has the shop alarm set up to go off at his home if someone enters his shop after hours. When he arrived, Wolfram noticed the air conditioning unit pulled out of the wall.
http://www.local6.com/orlpn/news/stories/news-222473620030523-100553.html
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April 17, 2002
BETHLEHEM
A man who tried to rob Figueroa's Market, 1227 Pembroke Road, Saturday was chased off when an employee confronted him with a gun.
After entering the market, Emmanuel Collazo DeLeon Jr., 21, of 420 W. Lehigh St., told owner Andres Rivera to give him money, according to police.
Rivera told DeLeon there was no money, and DeLeon punched Rivera in the face, police said. An employee grabbed a gun from under the counter, pointed it at DeLeon and told him to leave, police said.
DeLeon was apprehended a short distance away and charged with simple assault and attempted robbery.
He was taken to Northampton County Prison under $10,000 bail.
Copyright c 2002, The Morning Call
http://www.mcall.com/news/local/police/all-4rob-apr17.story
Store owner in armed standoff with suspects
Palatka Daily News
An armed standoff with an Interlachen store owner resulted in the arrest of three young men on attempted robbery charges Monday afternoon, according to Putnam County sheriff's reports.
Deputies were dispatched to the Bravo Store and Market at 318 Atlantic Ave. in Interlachen where the store owner, Agustin Bravo, reported that two armed men came into his store demanding money.
Bravo told deputies the two men were armed with small semi-automatic handguns. One of the suspects wore a bandana across his face, while the other wore a hat.
Bravo said he refused to hand over the money and retrieved his own gun, ordering the robbers to leave, the report says. Moments later, two customers entered the store. The two suspects fled from the store.
The customers probably prevented a shootout, according to a news release from the sheriff's office.
Interlachen police asked the sheriff's office to handle the investigation.
Several additional sheriff's office units and a state Department of Corrections Bloodhound Unit converged on the area. They did not find the suspects after an initial search of the area on foot.
Several minutes into the search, a citizen called the sheriff's office to report that several people in a black Ford Taurus were armed with guns. The citizen provided a tag number, which was registered to a person in Palatka.
Investigators responded to Stucky's Pawn Shop, west of Interlachen, where a young male had just pawned a shotgun. Witnesses confirmed that the black Ford Taurus had left the store heading east on State Road 20. A witness also said they had seen more than one gun in the car and one of the people was wearing a bandana.
A short time later, Sgt. Richard Harrell saw the Ford Taurus at the Handy Way Food Store west of Interlachen. As Harrell pulled up to the car, three men fled on foot. Harrell chased one of the men, identified as Brian C. Bispham, 19, of Interlachen, capturing him a short distance away. A search of the area revealed a bandana and a handgun.
Numerous deputies and detectives converged on the area and caught the two other suspects. Det. George Traber captured Robert J. Kimball, 21, of Bostwick as he tried to leave the area. Det. John Merchant caught Robert Waylon Smith, 17, also of Bostwick, as he ran from the back of the Handy Way.
Detectives continued their investigation by interviewing several other young people that were in the Ford Taurus around the time of the attempted robbery. The investigation is continuing into the other people's involvement.
Bispham, Kimball and Smith were booked into the county jail where they were charged with attempted armed robbery. Smith was released to the custody of the state Department of Juvenile Justice.
http://www.palatkadailynews.com/pages/04172002/store.html
Traffic dispute turns deadly at intersection
By LISA TEACHEY
Copyright 2002 Houston Chronicle
A driver shot to death during an apparent road rage incident at a busy intersection was identified today as Marcus Shane Peacock of Sugar Land.
Several motorists and pedestrians, who witnessed the incident Wednesday night, told police that Peacock was driving a Mercedes-Benz and cut off another vehicle about 6:45 p.m. on Richmond at Shepherd.
According to a police report released today, homicide investigators believe Peacock, 38, of the 2600 block of Fairway, intentionally positioned his car to block the path of a Honda sport utility vehicle.
When the vehicles came to a stop, police said, Peacock got out of his car, walked back to the SUV and pounded so hard on the driver's side window that it shattered.
The 32-year-old driver of the SUV, who has a permit to carry a concealed handgun, fired his gun four or five times at Peacock, striking him in the chest.
Peacock was taken to Ben Taub Hospital where he later died.
The case has been referred to a Harris County grand jury without charges. The panel will have to determine if the shooting was a valid case of self-defense.
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/metropolitan/1371954
Store Owner Takes Shot At Would-Be Robber
Police Aren't Sure If Suspect Was Injured
Posted: 3:38 p.m. CDT April 17, 2002
Updated: 4:15 p.m. CDT April 17, 2002
OKLAHOMA CITY -- A man broke into the Nichols Hills Golf and Repair shop Wednesday morning, and returned to finish the job after being scared off by police, authorities said.
Officers are still searching for the suspect, who is accused of breaking out a glass door at the golf shop at around 1:30 a.m. before being scared off by officers.
The owner of the store arrived at the scene and boarded up the door before falling asleep on the couch.
Then, at around 5:30 a.m., the golf store owner said the suspect came back to finish the job.
According to police, the owner told the suspect to stop, but when he didn't, the owner fired his gun.
Blood was found at the scene, but officers said they are not sure if the suspect was hit.
Copyright 2002 by ChannelOklahoma.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
http://www.channeloklahoma.com/okl/news/stories/news-140396920020417-150455.html
SUV driver fatally shoots
attacker at intersection
A man who police said deliberately cut off and blocked the path of a sport utility vehicle was shot to death after he approached the driver of the SUV and punched out a window with his fist.
Marcus Shane Peacock, 38, of Sugar Land, died at Ben Taub General Hospital after the altercation Wednesday evening at a busy intersection in southwest Houston. David Russo, 32, fired his gun, hitting Peacock in the chest several times after Peacock beat so hard on the driver's side window of his Honda SUV that it broke, police said. Peacock had blocked Russo's path, then got out of his Mercedes to approach Russo, authorities said.
Russo, who has a Texas concealed-handgun license, has not been charged.
http://www.dfw.com/mld/startelegram/news/state/3095276.htm
"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
his guns but lowers dad's rap
By NANCIE L. KATZ
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Ronald Dixon
Brooklyn prosecutors back-pedaled yesterday on weapons charges against a Navy veteran who shot an intruder in his home - but would not drop the case.
Prosecutor Dawn Flowers moved to reduce the charge against Ronald Dixon to attempted possession from illegal possession. A conviction would not require a jury trial and could land Dixon in prison for up to 90 days instead of a year.
"He says he had the gun," Flowers told Brooklyn Criminal Court Judge Alvin Yearwood. "There are no facts in dispute for a jury to find."
Dixon, 27, shot and wounded Ivan Thompson after catching the career burglar prowling in his toddler's room on Dec. 14. Dixon is not charged in the shooting.
Defense attorney Andrew Friedman called the offer from the Brooklyn district attorney's office hypocritical. "I would suggest the people are seeking to avoid a jury case to prevent the citizens of Brooklyn from making a determination whether Dixon is guilty or not," Friedman said.
Yearwood will rule on the motion Tuesday.
Dixon gained widespread sympathy after he was charged with a crime for defending his family.
He said he bought his pistol in Florida, where gun purchases require no paperwork, and tried to register it here. Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes has said he found no proof the Jamaican immigrant attempted to make the gun legal in New York.
The district attorney first offered a plea deal that would have allowed Dixon to spend four weekends in jail. Dixon rejected that offer, saying he has to work every day to pay his mortgage and support his family.
Yesterday, Hynes spokesman Jerry Schmetterer said the DA is backing off slightly because the case calls for "tempering justice with mercy."
Dixon said he was disappointed in the new offer.
"I was hoping it was going to be dismissed," he said.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime_file/story/66374p-61830c.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<P>
Nash County Woman Murdered; Two Suspects In Custody
Kamal Wallace, Staff Writer
POSTED: 12:25 p.m. EDT August 14, 2002
UPDATED: 9:41 p.m. EDT August 14, 2002
WILSON, N.C. -- A woman who survived tuberculosis and cancer did not live through a home invasion. Two suspects are in custody and authorities are looking for a third person.
Mattie Keen, a Nash County woman who survived tuberculosis and cancer, was killed during a home invasion Tuesday night.
Police say three black men knocked on the door of Kenneth Keen's home, asking for assistance. Authorities say when they went outside, one of the men pulled a gun. Police say Kenneth Keen was able to run back inside, but he was later shot. Authorities say the suspects then forced their way in and one of them shot 73-year-old Mattie Keen.
Police say Kenneth Keen was able to shoot one of the suspects, Orlando Fonta Faison, who was taken to Pitt Memorial Hospital. Another suspect, Terro Deshon Ward, 18, of Wilson, was taken into custody. He was charged with first-degree murder, first-degree burglary, attempted murder and attempted armed robbery. The third suspect is still on the run.
Mattie Keen, who survived tuberculosis and cancer, was seen by many as a pillar in the community.
"The people of this community are very supportive of the family because the family has always been very supportive of the community," Jack Smith, a Keen relative, said. "Anytime anything was going on in the community, they were a part of it. The community is saddened because of the loss and outraged because it was so unnecessary."
Authorities said Kenneth Keen, who was also taken to Pitt Memorial, is expected to be released Thursday.
The Nash County Sheriff's Office is offering a $2,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the third suspect.
http://www.wral.com/news/1612269/detail.html
Reporter/Photographer: Brian Bowman
"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 Tim Rowden
Of The Post-Dispatch
Felix Valdez, a 36-year-old High Ridge man who fatally shot the father of his 18-year-old girlfriend, appears to have acted in self-defense, Jefferson County Prosecutor Bob Wilkins said Tuesday
Moments before the fatal shot was fired Monday, authorities said, Valdez pleaded with a 911 operator to rush police to his home in the 2500 block of Plymouth Drive in the Cape Town South subdivision in northern Jefferson County.
"At this time, based upon the evidence I have available to me, it appears that this is a justifiable homicide," Wilkins said. "Tragic, but justifiable."
Police said Tim Burton, 40, of the Fenton area, was fatally wounded as he attempted to crawl through a window that he had broken out on the front porch of the house after threatening to kill Valdez and his 13-year-old daughter.
Wilkins said Valdez, who was arrested Monday, was ordered released while police continue to investigate.
Police said the trouble started about 6:45 a.m. Monday when Burton went to Valdez's house armed with a baseball bat and a knife, and shattered a window on the porch.
Authorities said Burton fled before police arrived but repeatedly telephoned and threatened Valdez throughout the day.
Police said Burton returned to the house with three other men at 1:38 p.m. and tried to get inside.
Investigators believe that Burton may have been watching the house because sheriff's deputies had only recently left the scene.
Authorities said Valdez could be heard on the 911 tape telling the operator that Burton was coming closer and was threatening to kill them.
Valdez said he fired as Burton reached through the window in an attempt to grab the gun.
Authorities said the other men, two of whom have been questioned by police, fled the scene after the shooting and pushed Burton away as he staggered toward the car.
Burton and Valdez had once been friends and had lived together at the house in High Ridge, authorities said.
Police said the relationship soured when Valdez, who was married, became romantically involved with Burton's daughter and asked his wife and Burton to leave.
http://home.post-dispatch.com/channel/pdweb.nsf/TodayWednesday/86256A0E0068FE5086256C1500348104?OpenDocument&PubWrapper=Metro
Published in Metro on Wednesday, August 14, 2002.
"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
Scissors used as weapon in separate attack
By RICHELLE BAILEY
Staff Writer
Authorities continue to probe two separate home invasions over the weekend that left four people injured, another behind bars, two more at large and a house riddled with bullets.
Shortly after 3 a.m. Sunday, at least two people broke into the Walker Road residence of 16-year-old Trent Dwayne Williams and 17-year-old Derrick Levi Walker. Also at the home was Barry White, 16, of Biggerstaff Loop in Nebo.
The suspects, wielding claw hammers, began beating the men, according to Capt. Dudley Greene of the McDowell County Sheriff's Office.
The culprits fled the scene when one of the occupants pulled out a rifle.
Two of the victims (it was unknown at presstime which two) went to The McDowell Hospital, where they were treated for their injuries and released.
Greene said the victims and the suspects were at the Walker Road home Saturday night, when a fight broke out. The suspects left and declared they would be back later to kill the others, the captain stated.
Williams, Walker and White were awakened at 3 a.m. by the perpetrators breaking down the door.
In connection with that incident, authorities have arrested 18-year-old Adam Lee Franklin of Glenwood. He was charged with two counts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury and one count of first-degree burglary.
Those same charges have also been filed against 40-year-old Jeffrey Clontz of Rockhouse Road. As of Monday evening, he remained at large.
More charges are expected to be filed because, around 11:30 p.m. Sunday, individuals fired shots into the same Nebo residence, according to Greene.
Details of that crime were still being ironed out Monday.
"Even though they were separate crimes, we feel like they are related," said the captain.
In another case that occurred Friday night, investigators have charged Tammy Carraway Wallace, 31, of Hidden Forest in Marion with first-degree burglary, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, communicating threats and damage to property. As of Monday evening, Wallace remained at large.
At 10:30 p.m. Friday, Wallace allegedly entered the Hicks Chapel Road residence of 44-year-old Cecilia Nanette Pope and 29-year-old Steven Lynn Milam.
The suspect came into the house brandishing scissors and two hunting knives. She said she was looking for Milam, who wasn't home at the time, according to Greene.
When Milam arrived a short time later, Wallace began assaulting the two, cutting Pope on the wrist and holding a knife to Milam's throat, the captain stated.
Milam escaped unharmed. However, Pope went to The McDowell Hospital, where she was treated for her injuries and released.
Officers contend that Wallace slashed the tires on the couple's vehicle and, while they were at the hospital, entered the residence a second time and stole $225 in currency and a 12-pack of beer.
Greene said the motive behind this incident is still being investigated. However, it appears it may have had something to do with a previous relationship, he stated.
http://www.mcdowellnews.com/news/MGB4NV14U4D.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
Self-defense may be motive in Boundary County gunfight
Susan Drumheller
Staff writer
SANDPOINT _ A shootout in Boundary County has left one man dead and another with two driveways.
Henry Ryder, 57, allegedly shot Frederick Orval Cooper, 47, Monday evening in an armed confrontation over an ongoing dispute about a private road.
After the shooting, Ryder called the Boundary County dispatch center at 8:20 p.m. and told a dispatcher, "Fred Cooper just pulled a gun on me and I shot him. He ain't dead, but he's dying."
An ambulance was dispatched, but Cooper was dead before it arrived.
The Boundary County Sheriff's Office is investigating, but has yet to charge Ryder.
"It appeared it was self-defense, but who knows," said Sheriff George Voyles. "If things come up that it shows otherwise, yeah, there will be somebody charged."
Voyles said that Ryder appeared somewhat shaken by the incident.
The Sheriff's Office, with the assistance of the Idaho State Police, collected evidence Monday night at the property, which is two or three miles south of Naples and on a private road off U.S. Highway 95. The area is sparsely populated, Voyles said.
Forensic evidence was sent to the state crime laboratory Tuesday. An autopsy is expected to be conducted today in Coeur d'Alene.
Cooper allegedly was armed with a 9 mm pistol and pulled it on Ryder during an argument over a private access road. Ryder then pulled a .44 caliber weapon and shot Cooper once in the lower chest, according to what Ryder told sheriff's investigators.
Both guns were taken as evidence.
According to Boundary County Planner Mike Weland, Ryder and Cooper have been arguing over the road for a long time.
"From the county standpoint, it's been a civil dispute because it involves a private road," Weland said.
The road is an undeeded access to Ryder's property, but crosses Cooper's property.
"Cooper had been threatening to fence it off for some time, and apparently he started fencing it off when the confrontation occurred," Weland said.
Because Ryder has another access to his property, "chances are if Cooper had taken it to court, he would have prevailed," Weland said.
Instead, Cooper decided Monday night to start building a fence. When Ryder confronted him and the argument escalated, Cooper allegedly pulled the gun and Ryder shot him.
http://www.spokesmanreview.com/news-story.asp?date=081402&ID=s1199402&cat=section.idaho
"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 JOSEPH PARDINGTON
Herald Staff Writer
LEMON SPRINGS - "I was trapped in my own house," Paul Redmond, 56, of 1065 Sanders Road, told The Herald Friday afternoon following a fatal shooting in his home Thursday.
Redmond said he fired two shots at a stranger who had broken down his front door and was approaching him inside his mobile home.
"This guy was going to definitely wail on me," Redmond said from his home during a telephone interview.
According to Redmond, the shooting victim raised his hand and was only 2 to 3 feet away when the shots were fired.
The Lee County Sheriff's Department identified the dead man as Wesley Kelly, 50, of Texas - no hometown given. The weapon was a .38-caliber handgun, said Chief Deputy Ronnie Currin. Kelly was unarmed, but he did push through the porch door and was shot, Currin said.
No charges have been filed against Redmond, Currin added.
"He (Kelly) was in my living room," Redmond told The Herald.
"He started out asking if he could use my phone. I said 'I don't know you,'" Redmond said.
"I don't know this guy. He's trying to tell me people were in the driveway trying to kill him. I looked out (my window). Nobody's out there," Redmond recalled.
"I warned this guy 30, 40 or 50 times. He wasn't comprehending what I was saying. He wasn't listening. I thought, 'What am I dealing with?'" Redmond said of the tense confrontation.
Redmond recalled how he politely asked the man to leave, then became more insistent when the stranger refused his requests.
The Lee County Sheriff's Department reported that Redmond telephoned its office three times Thursday for help, the first call at 4:45 p.m., the last at 4:52 p.m.
"That's all I wanted him to do - stay on the porch," Redmond said.
"It's like he was in this trance or something. The guy was either having hallucinations or was high on something," he added.
The man banged one fist, then two on the door, then used his body to force open the door, according to Redmond.
After the man broke down the door, he advanced toward Redmond, the Lemon Springs resident recalled.
"I realized the guy was out of control. He raised his hand, he was much bigger than me - he stepped toward me. I shot him. He pushed the storm door open and he died outside," Redmond said.
"I never wanted to be put in this position," an emotionally-shaken Redmond added.
"He was in the house. If he was on the porch, I wouldn't have shot him," he insisted.
Redmond said he believed Kelly had visited somebody in a neighboring house before coming to his door.
Currin said the sheriff's department is continuing its investigation into the incident.
cThe Sanford Herald 2002
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=5026557&BRD=2048&PAG=461&dept_id=343874&rfi=6
"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
Published: Aug 13, 2002
TAMPA - Pizza makers at a Hungry Howie's turned the tables on an armed robber Sunday night when they pulled a handgun of their own and scared the gunman off.
The robber was later arrested.
Tampa police said Alan Edmunds, 37, 2665 Wildwood Lane, Palm Harbor, donned a Halloween mask and pulled a handgun at 10:30 p.m. as he tried to get in the locked front door of the restaurant at 2001 E. Hillsborough Ave.
The employees refused to electronically unlock the door and pulled a handgun, police said.
No shots were fired, and no one was injured.
The masked man ran to a pickup truck and drove off. Police spotted the truck pulling into a nearby video store and arrested Edmunds. They recovered a BB gun and a mask from the truck, police said.
Edmunds was charged with armed robbery and remained in the Orient Road jail Monday. Bail had not been set.
http://tampatrib.com/floridametronews/MGACW32BT4D.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
ANCHORAGE: D-Day veteran warns, 'Don't pick on old men . . . or some old men.'
By Zaz Hollander
Anchorage Daily News
(Published: August 11, 2002)
Roy Lee Hendricks shot one man in the arm and held him at gunpoint until police arrived. (Photo by Evan R. Steinhauser / Anchorage Daily News)
Roy Lee Hendricks accidentally shot off the tip of his pinkie when he was fighting burglars Saturday. (Photo by Evan R. Steinhauser / Anchorage Daily News)
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Burglars tangled with the wrong 81-year-old Saturday morning.
Roy Lee Hendricks, who lives on East 67th Avenue off Lake Otis Parkway, fought off two men who broke in and demanded his wallet. Hendricks shot one man in the arm with a two-shot, .22-caliber derringer, accidentally blowing off the tip of his own pinkie.
Then he and a friend held the wounded man at gunpoint inside the house until police arrived. The other man escaped through a window.
Nearly 6 feet tall and 200 pounds, Hendricks later said: "I'd rather be a dead hero than a live coward."
During World War II, Hendricks parachuted into the fray at Normandy on D-Day with the 82nd Airborne Division. Later he fished for crab in the Bering Sea and longshored some. He lost the top of his thumb in a sawmill accident in the 1950s.
"I never ran in my life, and I don't intend to now," Hendricks said in an interview Saturday afternoon.
Anchorage police Saturday morning arrested the man detained by the two men, 19-year-old Gabrielle A. Anderson. The identity of the other man was not available. Hendricks said he didn't know either of them.
The men broke in by pushing open a downstairs window in an extra bedroom. Hendricks woke up to see two people in dark hooded shirts standing at his bedside, upstairs. They wanted his billfold.
He tried to jump up, and they pushed him down. He told them he was trying to get to his wallet, and they let him up.
He grabbed the derringer from the top of his dresser.
"I really wanted to get ahold of my .44, but I couldn't reach it. The guy was hanging onto me," Hendricks said.
The men began hitting and shoving him, he said. Hendricks at first tried to hit Anderson with the tiny pistol, but "it was like hitting somebody with a cream puff." He was afraid the men would grab the weapon.
Hendricks said he waited until he could shoot without killing his assailant, then fired. The bullet grazed the man's arm, police said. The shot also took off the tip of Hendricks' left pinkie, shattering the first joint.
"They were burning the turf to get outta here once I started shooting," Hendricks said.
The shot and the scuffle woke 57-year-old Joe Gallagher, an old friend of Hendricks' sleeping in the back bedroom downstairs.
Gallagher pulled out his own gun, a .22-caliber long-barrel six-shooter, and froze the wounded burglar at gunpoint. The other man pushed open a downstairs window and dived out.
At that point, the two men realized that the burglars had cut the phone lines, Hendricks said. They called police on Gallagher's cell phone.
The men kept Anderson lying on his belly on the floor until police arrived, Hendricks said. That's when they realized he had a knife.
Medics treated Hendricks at the scene, but he elected to drive himself to Alaska Regional Hospital.
His wife, Ann Hendricks, wasn't home during the robbery because she was visiting a niece in town overnight. Roy called Ann about 6 a.m. Saturday, and she drove to the hospital with two of their granddaughters.
Ann, who met Roy in her hometown of Kodiak when he fished there in the 1960s, was shocked by the incident but wasn't surprised by the result.
"That's my husband," she said. Asked whether Roy's finger was starting to hurt, she said no. "He doesn't complain."
Saturday afternoon, Hendricks hadn't slept yet. Blood spattered his jeans and two white throw rugs at the top of the stairs. His finger was heavily bandaged, and he had a purplish abrasion on his cheek, a scratched cornea from a poke in the eye during the fight, and other cuts and scrapes on his face.
He said the incident didn't scare him as much as some of the bayonet attacks and bullets he dodged during the war.
Police charged Anderson with first-degree burglary, first-degree robbery, fourth-degree assault, third-degree criminal mischief and fourth-degree assault.
After being treated for a wound to his arm at Alaska Native Medical Center, he was taken to Anchorage Jail in lieu of $16,500 bail, police said. Police are seeking the other burglar.
Hendricks listed the contents of his wallet as a bunch of cards and a little more than $100.
Is there a lesson here?
"Don't pick on old men . . . or some old men," Hendricks said.
Reporter Zaz Hollander can be reached at zhollander@adn.com or 257-4591.
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Tonight a Mid-South family is counting their lucky stars after they fought back during an armed robbery and won! It happened in Walls, Mississippi at a family owned Amoco station.
People who work near the intersection of Highways 301 and 61 in Walls have been nervous because of a bunch of nearby robberies. At one convenience store - they decided to get ready and that's a good thing - because yesterday, trouble came a knockin'. "My wife was standing right here behind the register." Tony Andreoli's job took a terrifying twist Tuesday. "I was prepared to... if I had to... to kill him if I had to... you know, whatever i had to do to stay alive and protect my family."
Andreoli manages a family-run convenience store at this Amoco in Walls. His wife was at the register... and he was in back - when he noticed this man - Richard Moore - harassing his wife up front. His wife was handing over cash from the register. "It was real confusing to me because he was the only one person I seen in the store... cause he didn't have a gun... he didn't have a gun... he didn't have a knife... he didn't seem like he was any kind of jeopardy to us." That's when Andreoli realized there was another man in the store. He says James Miller was hiding behind the counter pointing a gun at his wife's head. "He was sitting there. Right where I am now? Right where you're at now... and he was inching his way up. He started off at the back of the sink... and as he was getting more and more frustrated while I was trying to figure out what she was doing... he was getting frustrated talking I'm going to kill you... I'm going to kill everyone in the store.. you know I want the money."
Everyone also included Andreoli's 5 year-old daughter, watching TV in the store. And Andreoli's wife reacted. "She asked him do you want the money out of the safe and he said yeah... and she act like she was gonna get money out of the safe and when she did she sprung up... over the counter." The wife and daughter made it outside. The two men police say robbed the store - Richard Moore and James Miller started to run. But it wasn't over. "He just took off running... turn around and shot at me... he missed me by a good distance cause the bullet hole's over here at the side of the brick of the wall." But Andreoli didn't miss! He got his own gun out of his truck and fired five shots at Miller... hitting him four times... three in the legs and one in the foot. Both men were caught by Desoto County Sheriff's Officers as were two others - Billy Ray Joy and Jermaine Smith, apparently waiting nearby in a getaway car. All four were arraigned today.
Police say if YOU are confronted by a robber - at gunpoint - it is best to cooperate... and then CALL police when you can.
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UPDATED: 2:47 p.m. CDT August 7, 2002
DALLAS -- A suspected burglar was shot dead Wednesday morning after trying to invade a Dallas home on Pennsylvania Avenue.
Police said the homeowner told investigators he saw the suspect attempting to break into a window in his home, and shot at him, hitting him in the chest.
The suspect died on the way to the hospital.
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By A Sun Staff Writer
Originally published August 4, 2002
The Baltimore state's attorney's office has decided not to file charges against the owner of an automotive repair shop who fatally shot a man who allegedly was trying to rob him.
Prosecutor Donald Giblin said the shooting Friday evening at the Subway Service Center, also known as Joe's Garage, in the 4200 block of Wabash Ave. appeared to be in self-defense.
"This is a guy who had a permit for the gun, was in his own business establishment, and relayed to the officers the man was armed with a knife and was lunging at him," Giblin said.
The prosecutor added that the investigation is continuing and that the owner, whose name was not released by police, could be charged if evidence arises to show he committed a crime.
Police yesterday identified the man who was killed as Ernest Trammell, 44, of the 2500 block of Madison Ave.
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"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
Metro homicide detectives questioned a teenager yesterday in connection with the fatal shooting of Tremel Campbell, 21, of Nashville, during a shootout Thursday at a Bordeaux-area apartment, police said.
The 16-year-old male juvenile, whose name was not released, gave a statement to police yesterday about the shooting and led detectives to a location where he hid a handgun after the shootout, homicide detective David Achord said yesterday. The shooting occurred about 4:20 p.m. Thursday at Buena Vista Manor Apartments, 2400 Buena Vista Pike.
Police said Thursday that the juvenile and his girlfriend were getting out of a car when Campbell approached them with a gun. As Campbell neared the couple, the 16-year-old pulled out a gun and the two men began firing at each other.
Campbell was hit twice in the chest and was later pronounced dead. Police said Campbell was the woman's ex-boyfriend.
The juvenile has not been charged, Achord said. Evidence will be turned over to the Davidson County District Attorney's Office, which will determine whether the shooting was justifiable or whether to turn it over to the Davidson County grand jury for a possible indictment.
Achord said yesterday that detectives were looking for another person who arrived with Campbell at the apartments.
Police did not release a description of the person yesterday, and Achord said the investigation is ongoing.
- Rex Hall Jr.
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By Alex White
Staff Writer
They are enrolling in martial arts and firearms classes and say it never hurts to be able to defend themselves - just in case.
It's been 12 days since Melissa Chamberlain's remains were found in a remote corner of Maryland. Authorities say the Middletown woman was kidnapped on July 15 by her ex-boyfriend.
On the same day Chamberlain's body was found, Joan Whelan's son, Christopher, allegedly stabbed her to death in her Northampton home. Police say they're still not sure why. He has been charged with murder.
And a week ago, a 54-year-old Hatboro woman was carjacked at gunpoint in the parking lot of the Neshaminy Mall. She wasn't harmed.
Area women interviewed for this story say these crimes haven't had an impact on their sense of security. Nonetheless, several are enrolling in martial arts and firearms classes and say it never hurts to be able to defend themselves - just in case.
"I don't think anybody here (employees) feels unsafe," said Pat Whitlow, who works at Strawbridge's in Oxford Valley Mall in Middletown. "You develop a sense of what you can and can't do."
Though Whitlow said she feels safe getting into her car in the mall parking lot, she said she likes the added safety of the nearby police substation.
Regina Conly, who lives in Bristol, said she's concerned about safety, but not her own.
"I'm more afraid for children," she said. "I feel safe."
Andrea Walls of Feasterville said she doesn't feel she's in danger, although the crimes against Chamberlain and Whelan are unsettling to her.
"Growing up, they teach you to be careful of strangers ... (For Chamberlain and Whelan) it's people that they knew. That's what's so scary," she said.
In fact, the U.S. Department of Justice says that 62 percent of female violent crime victims know their attacker. And though the frequency of violent crime against American women was lower than crime against men in 2000, women were more likely to be injured during a violent crime than men. Robberies were the only exception.
This reality has led some women to take steps to protect themselves.
Kathy Johnston of Trevose is one. She studies karate twice a week at Villari's Self-Defense Studio on East Bristol Road in Trevose.
"With all the crime out there, you feel much more confident knowing how to defend yourself," Johnston said.
Jim Wing, the owner and chief instructor at Villari's, said every woman can benefit from learning martial arts self-defense techniques. "The self-confidence level goes up and they're not as scared as they might have been (in a bad situation)," he said.
Wing said it's too soon to tell if more women are joining self-defense classes in the wake of the recent crimes against Chamberlain and Whelan. But he did say he's gotten calls from women seeking to protect themselves in abusive relationships.
"I can't turn you into Bruce Lee in a month," he tells them. "But at least you'll know more than you did a month ago."
Wing said the number of female students at his studio has risen consistently over the last few years.
Steve Rementer, a firearms instructor at Pistol People shooting range on State Road in Bensalem, said 50 percent to 55 percent of his students are women. Though many women join firearm classes simply for recreation, some do it for self-defense, he said.
Their training, which includes firearms use, safety and laws dealing with weapons, can help women feel that "they don't have to be a victim," he said. It's important for women to learn some self-defense techniques for protection, no matter what kind, Rementer said.
"Any kind of training helps," he said.
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"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
Aimee Yee, Daily Star Staff Writer August 11, 2002
One woman had waited nearly a year to attend. Others had just learned of the class through the newspaper. Boyfriends and husbands urged them to participate. Some came to brush up on rusty skills.
For all of the women and girls taking the Rape Aggression Defense program offered by the 21st Judicial District Attorney's Office, the reason for being there was simple - they wanted to be able to protect themselves from an aggressor.
The recent serial killings in the Baton Rouge area were on many of their minds.
Thirty women and girls, some mothers and daughters, college students, office workers and sisters came Friday at 6 p.m. and stayed until 10 to learn what 90 percent of self-defense is. Risk awareness, risk reduction, risk recognition and risk avoidance will make a woman less likely to be a victim than anything else, the crowd was told. This is 90 percent of self-defense education.
For four hours the women listened as certified RAD instructors Heather Monday and Patrick Gipson talked about self-defense in Southeastern Louisiana University's Health and Kinesiology Building.
"In the victimization triangle, with the assailant and victim on opposing sides, remove the foundation of opportunity," Monday told the class.
A woman should be aware of her surroundings. It reduces the risks to her safety. Have a perception of circumstances that could be potentially hazardous, Monday said.
"Your voice is your first line of defense," Monday told the group, which ranged in age from 13 years to 58.
"Women, especially in the South, aren't used to raising their voices," she said."Yell stop! No! Get back! Stay away from me!"
This will alert others to the situation and let them know it is unwelcome, she said.
"I took RAD before, but I'm back to buff up on my skills. I've gotten rusty. I'm building up my confidence and skills again," said Tiffany Kinsley, a 27-year-old biology major and Hammond resident.
That's the good thing about the course, Monday said. Participants who keep their manual, which is signed by an instructor, can walk into any RAD class in the United States and take the class again for free.
Most programs are about $300 to $500, she said. But through a preventive health block grant Monday applied for through the district attorney's office, the course was offered for free. SLU provides the room and equipment, she said.
Many of the women talked about fear for their personal safety since learning of the 32 unsolved killings in the Baton Rouge area and the possibility the killer may also be in Livingston and Ascension parishes.
While talking, they voiced concerns and fears for themselves and family members.
The idea behind self-defense, Monday said, is that instead of making women more fearful, self-defense makes them more confident and less likely to use force because they begin to look and act less like "victims."
A plan of attack, she said, helps diminish fear. Rapists often pick their victims based on their vulnerability.
A woman's assertiveness begins with her. Walking with her head up and making eye contact are assertive behaviors that make a woman less likely to be seen as a potential victim.
Studies show that the more aggressive the defense and the sooner in the confrontation it happens, the better the chance a woman has of escaping, Monday said.
Yelling, she said, is an empowering action. It demonstrates through immediate resistance that the woman will not be the willing victim an aggressor thinks all women are.
A yell also comes from the diaphragm, the center of a woman's power, she said. It attracts attention and prepares the body for an incoming strike, if necessary without the woman having the wind knocked out of her.
Focus, Monday said, on the positive image of winning and then escaping.
"Don't stick around to fight," Gipson said. "Run."
Christina Stipe, 23 and a kindergarten teacher in Mandeville, said her husband, Bubba, who is a member of the SLU Bike Police Team, encouraged her to take the class.
"He works nights a lot, so I'm alone. Before, I was sort of oblivious. Now, I'll be more aware. I already think I'm more confident. I'm more prepared. If something happens, I know what I could do."
On Saturday, the group met again at 2 p.m. and stayed until 6 learning techniques for self-defense. They learned snap kicks, sweep kicks, front kicks and knee strikes.
Dee Stewart, 41 and of Albany, said that with all of the killings in Baton Rouge she felt she had to take the class.
"The man shot at the mall last week was my mother's cousin," she said. In that case, 50-year-old man was shot after an assailant slit his tire and laid in wait to rob and shoot him, according to detectives.
"You have to do everything you can to protect yourself," Stewart said, adding that her husband, Charlie, had urged her to take the class.
The group practiced defensive stances and took turns striking with several maneuvers designed to counterattack an assailant's assault.
A Kenner resident from Amite, Dana Dufour, 21, attends the Louisiana State University Nursing School in Kenner.
"I heard about the class through my cousin. She read about it in the paper. I live in Kenner, and this just seemed like a good opportunity to make myself more aware and learn how to protect myself, especially with what's going on in Baton Rouge. I know rape and murder happen every day, but to name this guy a serial killer... that's really scary."
Today, the group will continue practicing and reviewing techniques. At the end, a simulation attack will provide each of the women a chance to put her new skills to the test, Monday said. Aggressors will be suited up, and the scene will be set for different attack scenarios. The students will have the option of doing the simulation. They will be attacked and use the techniques, and then they will run to the exit."
"I think I'll feel a little bit safer," 13-year-old Megan Reno said. She and her mother, Ponchatoula resident Gwen Anderson, were taking the class together.
"It's teaching me stuff I didn't know before," the eighth-grader said.
Anderson, 45, said she realized her daughter would be dating in a few years. I want her to be prepared and educated."
Last year, Anderson started calling around and although she called nine different agencies she couldn't find one that was offering a self-defense class.
She just missed Monday's class last year by one week.
"I waited to take this class. Call it women's intuition. What's going on in Baton Rouge has me worried. Who know's where he'll be next? And then there's the chance of copycats."
"I'm better prepared now," she said. "I'm more confident and knowledgeable."
After taking the class, Monday said women feel more empowered.
"They walk away with confidence. It lessens their chance of becoming a potential victim. Walking defensively lessens the chance of becoming a victim. If they're taking these precautions, a rapist will chose another victim."
Monday said she planned on holding more classes in the future but had not set any firm dates.
Aimee Yee can be reached at (985) 254-7834 or ayee@hammondstar.com.
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"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 JOSEPH PARDINGTON
Herald Staff Writer
LEMON SPRINGS - "I was trapped in my own house," Paul Redmond, 56, of 1065 Sanders Road, told The Herald Friday afternoon following a fatal shooting in his home Thursday.
Redmond said he fired two shots at a stranger who had broken down his front door and was approaching him inside his mobile home.
"This guy was going to definitely wail on me," Redmond said from his home during a telephone interview.
According to Redmond, the shooting victim raised his hand and was only 2 to 3 feet away when the shots were fired.
The Lee County Sheriff's Department identified the dead man as Wesley Kelly, 50, of Texas - no hometown given. The weapon was a .38-caliber handgun, said Chief Deputy Ronnie Currin. Kelly was unarmed, but he did push through the porch door and was shot, Currin said.
No charges have been filed against Redmond, Currin added.
"He (Kelly) was in my living room," Redmond told The Herald.
"He started out asking if he could use my phone. I said 'I don't know you,'" Redmond said.
"I don't know this guy. He's trying to tell me people were in the driveway trying to kill him. I looked out (my window). Nobody's out there," Redmond recalled.
"I warned this guy 30, 40 or 50 times. He wasn't comprehending what I was saying. He wasn't listening. I thought, 'What am I dealing with?'" Redmond said of the tense confrontation.
Redmond recalled how he politely asked the man to leave, then became more insistent when the stranger refused his requests.
The Lee County Sheriff's Department reported that Redmond telephoned its office three times Thursday for help, the first call at 4:45 p.m., the last at 4:52 p.m.
"That's all I wanted him to do - stay on the porch," Redmond said.
"It's like he was in this trance or something. The guy was either having hallucinations or was high on something," he added.
The man banged one fist, then two on the door, then used his body to force open the door, according to Redmond.
After the man broke down the door, he advanced toward Redmond, the Lemon Springs resident recalled.
"I realized the guy was out of control. He raised his hand, he was much bigger than me - he stepped toward me. I shot him. He pushed the storm door open and he died outside," Redmond said.
"I never wanted to be put in this position," an emotionally-shaken Redmond added.
"He was in the house. If he was on the porch, I wouldn't have shot him," he insisted.
Redmond said he believed Kelly had visited somebody in a neighboring house before coming to his door.
Currin said the sheriff's department is continuing its investigation into the incident.
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"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 Tim Rowden
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Felix Valdez, a 36-year-old High Ridge man who fatally shot the father of his 18-year-old girlfriend, appears to have acted in self-defense, Jefferson County Prosecutor Bob Wilkins said Tuesday
Moments before the fatal shot was fired Monday, authorities said, Valdez pleaded with a 911 operator to rush police to his home in the 2500 block of Plymouth Drive in the Cape Town South subdivision in northern Jefferson County.
"At this time, based upon the evidence I have available to me, it appears that this is a justifiable homicide," Wilkins said. "Tragic, but justifiable."
Police said Tim Burton, 40, of the Fenton area, was fatally wounded as he attempted to crawl through a window that he had broken out on the front porch of the house after threatening to kill Valdez and his 13-year-old daughter.
Wilkins said Valdez, who was arrested Monday, was ordered released while police continue to investigate.
Police said the trouble started about 6:45 a.m. Monday when Burton went to Valdez's house armed with a baseball bat and a knife, and shattered a window on the porch.
Authorities said Burton fled before police arrived but repeatedly telephoned and threatened Valdez throughout the day.
Police said Burton returned to the house with three other men at 1:38 p.m. and tried to get inside.
Investigators believe that Burton may have been watching the house because sheriff's deputies had only recently left the scene.
Authorities said Valdez could be heard on the 911 tape telling the operator that Burton was coming closer and was threatening to kill them.
Valdez said he fired as Burton reached through the window in an attempt to grab the gun.
Authorities said the other men, two of whom have been questioned by police, fled the scene after the shooting and pushed Burton away as he staggered toward the car.
Burton and Valdez had once been friends and had lived together at the house in High Ridge, authorities said.
Police said the relationship soured when Valdez, who was married, became romantically involved with Burton's daughter and asked his wife and Burton to leave.
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