Subject: Law abiding citizen with CCW permit, foils burglary!
> >
> >TAKEN FROM THE KENTUCKY POST 10/21/2000
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> >Gun-toting attorney foils burglary
> >
> >By Jeanne Houck, Post staff reporter
> >
> >Tom Beiting was headed downstairs to his law office one morning this
> week
> >from the second-floor apartment in the remodeled Newport mansion he
> owns
> >when he was startled by the sound of the back door opening.
> >
> >Beiting turned to see a man he did not know silhouetted in the doorway.
> >
> >But Beiting recognized the case of Bud Light the man was holding
> because it
> >was the same case of beer Beiting had bought two weeks ago for a party
> and
> >stowed in his refrigerator.
> >
> >”I recognized my color, portable TV next to the door, also,” Beiting
> said.
> >
> >Beiting said the man, later identified as Daniel Young Jackson of
> >Louisville, dropped the beer and reached for his pocket, so Beiting
> drew a
> >9mm semi-automatic pistol he’d clipped onto his belt.
> >
> >”I couldn’t think of anything else to say but, ‘You’re under arrest,’
> ”
> >Beiting recalled. ”He immediately wet his pants.”
> >
> >Telling Jackson – who turned out to be unarmed – he was under arrest
> leapt
> >more naturally to Beiting’s lips than it would to most people.
> >
> >Beiting spent 15 years in police work.
> >
> >He was chief of Dayton police from 1970 to 1977 and was a criminal
> >investigator for the U.S. Army and an intelligence officer for the U.S.
> >Defense Department.
> >
> >But Beiting has been practicing law since 1985 and said his
> confrontation
> >with Jackson about 6:45 a.m. Tuesday convinced him he made a good
> career
> >move.
> >
> >”I was scared to death,” Beiting said. ”It’s been 19 years since my
> last
> >felony arrest, and it can be 19 more before my next one.”
> >
> >After Beiting pulled his gun – for which he says he has a state permit
> to
> >conceal and carry – he ordered Jackson to sit in a chair with hands
> clasped
> >atop his head.
> >
> >Beiting had Jackson hold the pose until Newport Sgt. Mark Crank
> arrived.
> >
> >Crank charged Jackson with burglary. If convicted, Jackson faces five
> to 10
> >years in state prison. Jackson has pleaded innocent.
> >
> >Police discovered the 37-year-old Jackson, who described himself as an
> >unemployed riverboat deckhand, was wanted on charges of alco hol
> >intoxication in McCracken and Daviess counties.
> >
> >Campbell District Court records show Jackson has convictions dating
> back to
> >1996 in Jefferson County for resisting arrest, alcohol intoxication,
> >possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.
> >
> >Beiting said Jackson has a record of assault, theft and drug charges in
> Ohio
> >and Florida, which is one reason Beiting is happy he was carrying his
> gun.
> >
> >”He’s a convicted felon with police assaults on his record, as well as
> >resisting arrest,” Beiting said.
> >
> >Beiting said Jackson apparently got into the building, which includes
> two
> >apartments in addition to Beiting’s, through an unlocked back door.
> >
> >After Jackson’s arrest, Beiting said he found two empty, cold beer cans
> on
> >the floor of his living room – where he kept his television – leading
> the
> >lawyer to believe Jackson tossed back a couple cans while Beiting slept
> in
> >an adjacent bedroom.
> >
> >Jackson is in the Campbell County Jail and has been assigned a public
> >defender.
> >
> > Publication date: 10-21-00
> >
> >Michael P Rolfes Cincinnati OH USA