Here are some of the stories we never hear about…where our brother
citizens help us by actually exercising their duties and rights as
citizens in apprehending violent dangerous criminals after they have
escaped Law Enforcement. Thanks to them, one and all.

Joe Horn

http://www.sierratimes.com/txt/edrw081100.htm

Citizen’s Arrest
By Robert A. Waters – Posted August 11, 2000

“Guns are only good for killing people.”

We’ve all heard that old song and dance from the gun-banners. But
while they two-step around
the truth, American citizens continue to use firearms to save
themselves, to save others, and, in
many cases, to assist law enforcement officials in capturing
criminals.

On September 30, 1999, Earl Phillips and four members of his
family returned to their
Waynesville, North Carolina home after having spent the evening at the
county fair. Christopher
Wayne Lippard and Charles Wesley Roache are alleged to have surprised
the family and
shotgunned them all.

After the murders, the two took Phillips’ car. It got stuck in the
driveway, so they stole a pickup
truck that belonged to one of the family members. The inept drivers
quickly wrecked it, too.
Having spent most of their adult lives in prison, their driving skills
were so impaired that this was
the third car they’d wrecked that day.

Deciding to split up, Lippard hitchhiked to New Orleans where he was
eventually captured after
being profiled on America’s Most Wanted.

Lost in the avalanche of publicity about the case was the fact that
Roache was collared by an
armed citizen.

Within hours of their murders, the bodies of the Phillips family had
been discovered and a manhunt
was underway.

Unable to commandeer a wreck-proof vehicle, Roache decided to flee on
foot.

Less than a mile from the Phillips home, Jim Fowler and his two sons
heard their dogs barking.
Arming themselves with hunting rifles, they searched their property
where they found Roache
hiding beneath a camper top. “I held him…until the law got here,”
Fowler said. “I didn’t want him
to get away.”

While the murders of the family made national headlines, and Lippard’s
capture was a media
sensation, the story of Roache’s apprehension by armed citizens was
relegated to local media.

Another recent case highlights the national media’s refusal to report
such stories.

In October, 1999, a deer hunter captured a dangerous prison escapee near
Frankford, Missouri.
Despite a massive manhunt, John Dieumegarde, a convicted bank robber,
was able to elude his
pursuers for twenty-four hours. However, when he tried to force his way
into the unnamed
hunter’s pickup truck, Dieumegarde was stopped short by the barrel of a
.357 Magnum. The
hunter then escorted the fugitive to a farmhouse and called police.

While murder and mayhem are staples of the major media, captures by
armed citizens aren’t. One
recent case made national headlines. But the real story of the
fugitive’s capture was shamefully
withheld.

On February 14, 2000, Charles Lannis Moses, Jr. went on a violent
rampage, allegedly
murdering a farmer and wounding two law enforcement officers in wild
shootouts.

The chase began in Lincoln County, Nebraska when a sheriff’s
deputy attempted to arrest Moses
on a fugitive warrant. In a brief gunbattle, Moses shot the deputy
and fled.

The fugitive then ditched his bullet-riddled car. He is alleged to have
murdered Robert Sedlacek in
order to steal his pickup truck. Then he shot and wounded a
Nebraska state trooper who
attempted to stop him.

By now, more than a hundred officers were involved in the manhunt.
For two days, police dogs
combed the northern Nebraska plains. Dozens of helicopters were
used in search of the fugitive.
Moses, a self-styled survivalist, slipped them and headed for the
foothills of Wyoming.

The manhunt was too good for the national media to pass up. It
had everything: a violent,
gun-toting fugitive; a string of victims with sad, telegenic relatives;
and a mystery–when would the
maniac strike again?

In the meantime, Moses made his way to the Lusk, Wyoming
farmhouse of Jim Kremers. The
farmer and his son, Justin, aware that a fugitive was on the loose,
discovered him on their
property. Justin got the drop on the ex-convict and held him while
his father tried to talk the man
into surrendering.

Eventually, Moses dropped his rifle and handgun, and gave up.
Kremers’ son notified police and
Federal agents quickly swooped in to take credit for the capture.

Jim Kremers later filled local reporters in on what happened. “We
scurried like ducks and made
plans [when we saw Moses],” he said. “Justin had a rifle. I told him
to keep [Moses] in his sights,
and I commenced to start talking.”

How did the national media report the story? In a segment entitled,
“Fugitive Survivalist Caught,” a
CBS News reporter stated, “Authorities said Moses was found at a
farmhouse where he had
surrendered his gun.”

The fact that the alleged murderer was apprehended by armed
citizens was never mentioned.

So let the gun-banners continue to sing their corrupt song.

Many Americans will ignore the music and dance to a different
drummer.

And the beat goes on!

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