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by Astrid Galvan - Dec. 11, 2008 11:39 AM
The Arizona Republic
On Tuesday, a resident of a house on the 3000 block of East Ravenswood Drive shot the suspected burglar twice after the suspect forced his way into the house, police said. They withheld the resident's name.
Police said the suspect, Richard Lopez, 24, of Coolidge knocked on the homeowner's front door around 10:17 a.m. After no one opened the door, Lopez started kicking it in, police said.
The homeowner, who declined comment when contacted by The Gilbert Republic, shot Lopez when he came through the door, police said. Lopez sustained gunshot wounds to the face and upper torso, but fled the scene with his brother, 18-year-old Mark Vega, police said.
Police said they did not know the motive for the break in, but said the homeowner faces no charges because it appeared he shot Vega in self-defense.
One neighbor, Tadd Huntington, said he wants to donate a security system to the victim. Huntington operates a company in Gilbert that sells ADT Security systems.
It was unclear whether the homeowner has an alarm system, or whether he'd want one.
Saturday, January 10, 2009 11:05:02 AM
ORLANDO -- Investigators called a shooting death at a car wash on Orange Blossom Trail Friday evening an act of self-defense.
Authorities said a man was washing his car, when two men approached him. One pulled out a shotgun and tried to rob him, but the man pulled out his own gun and shot one of the suspects.
The shooting victim later died at Orlando Regional Medical Center.
Authorities said the attempted robbery was just the latest in the area, and could be linked to previous crimes.
Investigators told News 13 five robberies in the last week all occurred within a one-mile radius.
Authorities confirmed the shooter had a concealed weapon's permit. They are still looking for the second robbery suspect, who fled on foot.
The shooting marked the second time in a week a citizen shot and killed a robbery suspect in Orange County in order to defend himself or someone else. A witness of a convenience store robbery in Ocoee Monday shot and killed the suspect.
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Friday, 23 Jan 2009, 8:27 AM CST
HOUSTON -- A man who attempted to burglarize a north Houston apartment with another suspect is killed after two residents find him and try to wrestle his weapon away from him.
The two suspects broke into the unit at The Worthington At The Beltway complex at approximately 10 p.m. Thursday through a back window.
While the two suspects were inside, the two male residents walked into the unit and found one of the burglary suspects had a gun.
The roommates tried to wrestle the gun away from the suspect and after removing the weapon, one of the residents shot the suspect, according to police.
The suspect died as a result of the shooting.
Originally posted by whitewave
Back around Thanksgiving my drunken drama queen of a daughter-in-law tried to push her way into my house after I'd told her to go home and sleep it off. She pulled my hair, backhanded me and pushed her way across the threshhold of my doorway.
I whacked her a few times upside the head with the phone I had intended to use to call the police on her but didn't get the chance. (Sometimes you just need to "reach out and touch someone). She ran off and called the police on me.
Okie cops....you guessed it. They arrested me and charged me with A&B. I spent the night in jail and most of the next day, was denied food and toilet paper. Cost me bail money, 5 days off of work for court appearances, and 4 grand for an attorney and still only got it dismissed "with prejudice" meaning the DA can drag me back to court any time they like.
The instigator of that whole mess, the one who REALLY committed the A&B got all sorts of sympathy from the cops, didn't miss any work (she never showed up for subpoenaed court appearances), didn't bother hiring an attorney (big boobs and blonde hair are enough, I guess) and wasn't out a dime.
I was well within my rights to shoot her the minute she entered my premises but I suspect I would have wound up in some black hole and never heard from again.
Moral of the story: You can be well within your rights to defend yourself even without a gun and still take the fall for it. Just a word to the wise.
Originally posted by Ismail
Well I do find it kind of weird how some americans think it's ok to kill a guy for trying to steal their TV... It's kind of frightening because it shows how much some of you value life. (I.E. less that a TV, whats that, 100 $ for a good one ? )
Joshua Komisarjevsky, 26, of Cheshire, and Steven Hayes, 44, of Winsted, were arraigned Tuesday on charges of assault, sexual assault, kidnapping, burglary, robbery, arson, larceny and risk of injury to children. More charges are pending, state police said Tuesday night. The two men could face the death penalty.
Prosecutor Michael Dearington said he had not yet decided whether to pursue the death penalty.
"I know the public consensus is they should be fried tomorrow," he said.
The state medical examiner confirmed that Jennifer Hawke-Petit, 48, was strangled and that her daughters, 17-year-old Hayley and 11-year-old Michaela, died of smoke inhalation. The deaths were ruled homicides.
The girls' father, Dr. William Petit Jr., a prominent endocrinologist, remained hospitalized with head injuries.
All three women were raped, sources familiar with the investigation told both the Waterbury Republican-American and Hartford Courant. Petit was beaten with a baseball bat, thrown down the basement stairs, and then tied up in the cellar.
The girls, sources told the Courant, were tied to their beds and raped repeatedly, then left to burn after gasoline was poured around their beds and ignited.
The suspects entered the Petits' Cheshire home at about 3 a.m. Monday, planning to burglarize it, state police said.
Originally posted by Ismail
Well I do find it kind of weird how some americans think it's ok to kill a guy for trying to steal their TV... It's kind of frightening because it shows how much some of you value life. (I.E. less that a TV, whats that, 100 $ for a good one ? )