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(NC) Businessman captures thieving ex-convict 06-29-02
http://www.charleston.net/pub/news/local/29shotgun.htm Patience, shotgun pay off for twice-robbed laundermat owner Saturday, June 29, 2002 BY KATHY STEVENS Of The Post and Courier Staff MONCKS CORNER-Charlie Williams’ three-week quest to catch a thief apparently paid off this week when he prevented a suspected burglar from entering a South Live Oak Drive laundermat. “I opened the door with [...]
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Self Defense punished in South Dakota
I am a Veterinary Medical Officer with the US Department of Agriculture. My family has recently relocated to the Black Hills area of South Dakota. A month ago, a man whom I did not know stopped in front of our home and attacked and struck me with a deadly weapon, then attempted to attack my [...]
(GA) Robber killed by business owner 06-26-02
Address:http://www.savannahnow.com/stories/062602/LOCrobbery.shtml Wednesday, June 26, 2002 Man dead after attempted armed robbery, police say Savannah Morning News An adult man was killed Tuesday night at a westside business. Police, who were investigating the shooting as an attempted robbery, believe the store’s clerk shot the man, a department spokesman said. The clerk was not hurt, police said. [...]
(GA) Store owner shoots burglar 06-25-02
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 http://www.savannahnow.com/stories/062202/LOCshootingbrief.shtml Store owner guns down suspected burglar 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 [...]
Chocolate City Lowers Goal For Solving Homicides
Can’t meet your goal for clearing 65% of the homicides that occur in your city? No problem. Lower the goal to only 50.9% That’s what the District of Columbia Police Chief has set as the “target clearance rate” for 2002. According to The shington Post the old target was 65% but only 57% were cleared [...]
Guns In England
Site services / Search Powersearch | Saved searches | AskFT | Help New search Modify search Back to results Trigger unhappy Joyce Lee Malcolm FT.com site; Jun 21, 2002 For the best part of a century, public safety in England and Wales has been based on the theory that fewer guns would mean less crime, [...]
A Pilot Speaks Out On FAMs
A Pilot Speaks Out On FAMs ——————————————————————————– Armed pilots are a better defense than sky marshals By KURT WOLZ I am a pilot with a major airline who would like to express concerns regarding the FAA?s remedy of using sky marshals to make our skies safe, and present a solution involving ?arming? pilots without actually [...]
(IA) Suspect’s wounds tip off police to burglar 06-21-02
(IA) Suspect’s wounds tip off police to burglar 06-21-02 ——————————————————————————– http:/ /desmoinesregister.com/news/stories/c4788993/18511286.html Shotgun wounds tip off police to burglary suspects By TOM ALEX 06/21/2002 Stanley Morawski pulled the trigger. Boom. There was a scream. The burglars disappeared. It was 4:20 a.m. Thursday on the south side of Des Moines. A police report shows Morawski called [...]
(WI) Tavern owner guns down armed robber 06-23-02
(WI) Tavern owner guns down armed robber 06-23-02 ——————————————————————————– Teen was a lost child when shot Prison, program don’t steer boy from fatal path By JAMAAL ABDUL-ALIM of the Journal Sentinel staff Last Updated: June 23, 2002 Mollie Love thought the maximum length of time in prison would have been enough to make the 14-year-old [...]
