Category: Feel Good Stories

In Suisun City, California, a young woman came home and found two men in her home. She armed herself and when one of the men approached her, she fired at the pair who unassed the AO at a high rate of speed. No one was injured according to the article.

In Toledo, Ohio, Terrance Reid was confronted by thief, Antonio Hadley who tried to rob the 21-year-old. But, Reid was armed and shot Hadley who later showed up at the hospital for treatment for his wound. Reid’s mother told the journalist that he had applied for his concealed carry permit earlier this year in reaction to recent crime in his neighborhood.

Andy11M sends us the story of Brian Hackney in Dallas, Texas, who was carving pumpkins with with his 7-year-old daughter when a car thief broke into his house while evading the police. Hackney took the only weapon he had at the time – a carving knife and confronted the thief embedding the knife in him and holding him until the police arrived.

A lesson on what not to do comes out of East Mill Creek, Utah where 34-year-old Jesse L. Bruner tried to break into a home owned by 47-year-old Russell Reed Jacobs. Bruner was armed with a shotgun and Jacobs had his own firearm. Jacobs convinced Bruner to turn tail and run, but then Jacobs and his son chased his for a few blocks when Bruner turned and fired at Jacobs. Jacobs returned fire and both the criminal and the victim died right there. There was no rational reason for the homeowner to chase after the criminal – that’s what the police get paid to do with their body armor and everything.

In Seymour, Tennessee, Charles Anthony Richards robbed a convenience store with a knife and he was on such a high that he decided to rob another one. He held his knife to the throat of a female employee and demanded cash from the clerk. Then someone blind sided him with a golf club and a wooden ax handle. When the police arrived, it was a scene out of Frankenstein with the villagers standing around with sticks and clubs holding Richards for the police. They probably needed some torches and pitchforks to complete the whole thing.

In Apopka, Florida, a homeowner had a struggle with two armed home invaders until he pulled out his gun and chased them away firing a few times, but it doesn’t look like anyone was injured. The homeowner said something to police about his own possession of some weed, so that might be why he was a target.

A 68-year-old homeowner in New Orleans, Louisiana went to investigate some noises coming from his shed when he found Kelly Jackson stealing his stuff. So the homeowner tried to detain Jackson for the police, but Jackson attacked the homeowner who shot Jackson three times. Police say that the injuries weren’t life-threatening.

First up this morning is Phoenix, Arizona where an armed private security guard interrupted a robbery in an auto-parts store. The thief un-assed the AO to his getaway car, but, he couldn’t leave well-enough alone. He pointed his firearm at the guard, but the guard was faster on the draw and made the thief DRT (dead right there).

In Orlando Florida, Tyrell Owens was toting his case of beer home when, outside his apartment he was confronted by an armed thief, Wilmar Jolteus, who demanded his beer. Owens wouldn’t give it up and Jolteus fired his weapon at Owens. Lucky for Owens, he had his own firearm and a permit to carry it concealed and he was able to dive for cover and return fire, striking Jolteus who un-assed the AO and, after a couple of trips and falls, jumped in his partner’s car. His partner dropped Jolteus at the hospital where he was arrested with wounds to his leg and buttocks. Orlando PD praised Owens for his quick thinking.

In Union County, South Carolina, Ralph Rice was awakened by a knock at his door. On his porch was four men, one of whom suffered from a gunshot. They asked Ralph for help for their wounded buddy. Then they dumped the injured man in a chair on Ralph’s porch and thanked him for calling the ambulance before they un-assed the AO. Apparently the man was shot in an exchange of gunfire with a homeowner in Winnsboro, South Carolina. I can’t find the article of the home invasion (there’s no accounting for local news directors’ preferences for news). So here’s the story of Ralph instead.

In Manchester, New Hampshire, Dawn Kahwaja a clerk at the local convenience store was confronted by a thief with a 3″ knife. She did a Crocodile Dundee and pulled out her own pig sticker which frightened off the criminal. “Now, that’s a noif!” Dawn’s advice to the criminal is “get a job!”

DocV sends us a link from Chicago, Illinois where former member of the UK’s Royal Air Force, and current student in Minneapolis, Neil McCarthy was with his girlfriend in the Windy City when they were confronted by three thugs who demanded their stuff. McCarthy handed it over, but they began accosting his girlfriend so he took their knife away after suffering a shoulder wound. then he chased after one of them who was cuffed and stuffed by the local PD.

A homeowner in Fort Worth, Texas, encountered three enterprising youngsters fiddling around with his car, so he sent some welcoming gunfire in their direction, striking one of them. They flagged down a police officer for assistance who took two of them into custody and arranged transportation to the local medical facility for the other. It appears his injuries weren’t life threatening.

In Fort Walton Beach, Florida, Nicholas Logal and two of his friends tried to stage a home invasion unfortunately, they ran into six people in the house who began to beat Logal’s ass and stabbed him. His more intelligent friends un-assed the AO. So, Logal is facing assault and burglary charges while he recovers in the hospital.

In Baltimore, Maryland, 24-year-old Randy Thomas was enriching himself, and his unnamed partner, by robbing patrons in a bar. When the bartender said that he was going to call police, Thomas reached in his pocket. The bartender shot Thomas who then left the bar and walked to the hospital alone. There is no word on his condition, and his partner is in the wind.

In Jacksonville, Florida, two men approached a pizza-delivery guy and demanded his money. Instead, the pizza guy shot one of the thieves who is in the hospital with serious injuries and his partner is in the wind.

In Henderson County, Kentucky, 69-year-old Henry Butler shot 36-year-old Freddy Gibson with a shotgun in some sort of confrontation in Butler’s home. Gibson is in the hospital and Kentucky State Police are investigating. In an updated article, Gibson was trying to break into Butler’s home when Butler shot through his door twice with a 20-gauge shotgun.

Sorry, that’s all there is today – the cops have been shooting criminals all weekend, I guess. I did notice a lot of home invasions in Canada – you know that big gun-free zone to our north. It doesn’t look like the criminals turned in their guns up there.

In Clovis, California, Marilyn Williams scared off some burglars with her high-powered, scoped rifle. Scared them so badly that they dropped their booty from other residences they had robbed earlier as well as their firearm. Another article says that she learned to shoot in her JROTC days.

A pawn shop owner in Providence, Road Island is fighting for his life after a gun fight with three thieves, at least two of them were wounded as well and they’re in custody. The third is is still on the loose. The shop owner probably needs your well-wishes, however you express them.